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Daily Readings:
Friday
1 Timothy 4:4-8, 16
1 Timothy 4:4-8, 164For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving; 5for it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.
6If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching that you have followed. 7Have nothing to do with profane myths and old wives’ tales. Train yourself in godliness, 8for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 16Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Luke 16:15-18, 17:1-4
Luke 16:15-18, 17:1-415So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others; but God knows your hearts; for what is prized by human beings is an abomination in the sight of God. 16“The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force. 17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped. 18“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
17Jesus said to his disciples, “Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to anyone by whom they come! 2It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. 4And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.”
The Syanxarion:
November 12
Memory of our Father among the Saints, John the Almsgiver,
Archbishop of Alexandria (+619).
Our venerable Father Nilus the Sinaite (+430).
A native of Cyprus, Saint John the Almsgiver was the only son of Epiphanios, the governor of the island. He contracted marriage to please his father, and had several children from this union. When he lost his wife and children, he thought only to perfect himself in the practice of virtue and to please God. The brilliancy of his virtue merited him to become Patriarch of the Melkites, or Orthodox, of Alexandria, in 609. Without counting, he was prodigal with his possessions to aid the poor, and was surnamed the "Almsgiver," because of his great charity. He died in 619, respected by all.
Saint Nilus was the governor of Constantinople under Theodosius I the Great. Around the year 390, he came to an agreement with his wife to leave Constantinople and withdraw to the monasteries of Egypt. He took his son Theodulos while the mother undertook charge of his daughter. Upon arriving at Mount Sinai with many other captives, Theodulo was taken prisoner by the Barbarians. Saint Nilus, honored with the dignity of the priesthood, committed his soul to God around 430, leaving behind him some ascetical treatises full of wisdom.
Fifth Class Feast.
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