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Daily Readings:
Saints/Feasts/Fasts to be commemmorated/celebrated: the Nativity Fast
--Memory of the holy Hosiomartyr Stephen the Younger (715-764)
--The holy Martyr Irenarchos and his
Seven Companions (beginning of the Fourth century)
Scriptural Readings:
Twenty-Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
Matins:
Luke 24:12-35 (Matins Gospel 5)
Luke 24:12-3512But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.
13Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, 16but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. 18Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?” 19He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. 21But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. 22Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, 23and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. 24Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see him.” 25Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?” 27Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures. 28As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. 29But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. 32They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” 33That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. 34They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!” 35Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Liturgy:
Ephesians 6:10-17
Ephesians 6:10-17
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. 11Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. 15As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. 16With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Luke 13:10-17 (Slavs), Luke 18:18-27 (Greeks)
Luke 13:10-17
10Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” 13When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. 14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” 15But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? 16And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?” 17When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.
Luke 18:18-27
18A certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 20You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother.’” 21He replied, “I have kept all these since my youth.” 22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” 23But when he heard this, he became sad; for he was very rich. 24Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 26Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” 27He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.”
The Synaxarion:
November 28
Memory of the holy Hosiomartyr Stephen the Younger (715-764)
The holy Martyr Irenarchos and his
Seven Companions (beginning of the Fourth century)
Saint Stephen was born in Constantinople in the month of September, 715, and was baptized by Patriarch Saint Germanus of Cyzicus. In 731, he embraced monastic life on the famous hill of Saint Auxentios, opposite Byzantium, under the direction of the Venerable John. When the latter died in 743 or 746, the Saint inherited his cell. But Constantine V Copronymus, who succeeded his father Leo in the government of the Empire in 741, convoked a synod in 754 against the Holy Icons and persecuted the pious monks by various tortures and exile. He exiled Saint Stephen among others. In 764, he called together in the pretorium in Constantinople about three hundred other confessors who came from all parts of the empire-along with Saint Stephen. Some had their noses cut off, others lost their ears, their eyes, their hands, their beard. Eleven months after this sentence of condemnation, the Saint was taken out of prison, thrown on the ground, dragged to the public square with his hands tied, beaten with sticks, and stoned like the Protomartyr Stephen, for which he was called the "New Stephen." Dragged out by a certain Count Philomattios, desirous of winning favors from the Emperor, he was beaten on the head with a huge beam which smashed his skull and shattered his brain. He died on November 28, 764.
It is said that the holy martyr Irenarchos suffered for the faith in Sebastea, Armenia, during Diocletian's reign, in the beginning of the Fourth century.
Fifth Class Feast.
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