From The Greek Orthodox Arch-Diocese of America:
Readings for Tuesday, 26 October:
Readings for today:
Luke 21:12-19
St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10
John 15:17-27; 16:1-2
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Commemoration of the Great Earthquake in Constantinople
Demetrios the Myrrhbearer & Great Martyr of Thessaloniki
Orthros Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 21:12-19
The Lord said to his disciples, "Beware of men who will lay their
hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and
prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's
sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it
therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer; for I
will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will
be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by
parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will
put to death; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a
hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your
lives."
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Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10
TIMOTHY, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what
you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men
who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good
soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian
pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete
is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the
hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over
what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as
preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing
fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I
endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain
salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.
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Gospel Reading
The reading is from John 15:17-27; 16:1-2
The Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you, to love one
another. If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it
hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but
because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world,
therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, 'A
servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they
will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not
know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they
would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who
hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works
which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen
and hated both me and my Father. It is to fulfill the word that is
written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will
bear witness to me; and you also are witnesses, because you have been
with me from the beginning. I have said all this to you to keep you
from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed,
the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering
service to God."
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Commemoration of the Great Earthquake in Constantinople
Reading from the Synaxarion:
The great earthquake commemorated here took place in 740, during the
reign of Leo the Isaurian, the first of the Iconoclast emperors.
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
O Thou Who lookest on the earth and makest it tremble, deliver us
from the fearful menace of earthquake, O Christ our God, and by the
intercessions of the Theotokos, send down upon us Thy mercies in abundance and
save us.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Second Tone
Deliver us all from earthquakes, O Lord, and from wounds unbearable on
account of our sins, and spare Thy people whom Thou hast purchased with
Thy Blood, O master; and deliver not Thy city to destruction by
terrible earthquakes, for we know none other God besides Thee. And to
those who chant do Thou respond: I am with you, and no one shall
prevail against you.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Demetrios the Myrrhbearer & Great Martyr of Thessaloniki
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Demetrius was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble
parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to
Thessalonica in 290, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But
when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested
and kept bound in a bath-house. While the games were under way in the
city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a
barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by name, waxing haughty
because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium
and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought
with him were defeated. Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor,
aquaintance of Demetrius', came to the Saint in the bath-house and asked his
blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed. Receiving this blessing and
sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself
in the stadium, and said, "O God of Demetrius, help me!" and
straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to
the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth.
Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the
cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Demetrius was
pierced with lances while he was yet in the bath-house, As for Nestor,
Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword.
Apolytikion in the Third Tone
The world has found in you a great champion in time of peril, as you
emerged the victor in routing the barbarians. For as you brought to
naught the boasts of Lyaios, imparting courage to Nestor in the stadium,
in like manner, holy one, great Martyr Demetrios, invoke Christ God
for us, that He may grant us His great mercy.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
God, who gave you invincible power and with care kept your city
invulnerable, royally clothed the Church in purple with the streams of your
blood, for you are her strength, O Demetrios.
Reading courtesy of Narthex Press
Apolytikion courtesy of Narthex Press
Kontakion courtesy of Narthex Press
Strict Fast
Readings for today, Wednesday, 27 October:
St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 2:1-8
Luke 11:9-13
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Wednesday of the 6th Week
Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki
Kyriakos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 2:1-8
BRETHREN, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not in vain; but
though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi,
as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel
of God in the face of great opposition. For our appeal does not
spring from error or uncleanness, nor is it made with guile; but just as
we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we
speak, not to please men, but to please God who tests our hearts. For we
never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed,
as God is witness; nor did we seek glory from men, whether from you
or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of
Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse taking care of her
children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share
with you not only the gospel of God but also our very own selves,
because you had become very dear to us.
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Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 11:9-13
The Lord said to his disciples, "Ask, and it will be given you; seek,
and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone
who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it
will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish,
will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg,
will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
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Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki
Reading from the Synaxarion:
As mentioned in the account concerning Saint Demetrius (October 26),
this Saint contested during the reign of Maximian, in the year 290.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Thy Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contest for Thee received the
prize of the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal
God. For since he possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants
and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ
God, by his prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Well didst thou contest; hence, thou hast now inherited immortal
renown, wise Nestor, and thou art become Christ the Master's excellent
soldier by the holy and fervent prayers of the Martyr Demetrius. Thus,
with him, cease not to pray for all of us.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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