From The Greek Orthodox Arch-Diocese of America:
Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Saturday, November 20, 2010
Fast Day (Fish Allowed)
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12
Luke 9:57-62
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Saturday of the 9th Week
The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple
Gregory the Righteous of Decapolis
Proclus, Archbishop of Constantinople
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12
BRETHREN, the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by
faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "in you
shall all the nations be blessed." So then, those who are men of
faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on works
of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be
every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the
law, and do them." Now it is evident that no man is justified
before God by the law; for "the righteous shall live by
faith"; but the law does not rest on faith, for "He who does them
shall live by them."
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Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 9:57-62
At that time, as Jesus was going along the road, a man said to him,
"I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him, "Foxes
have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has
nowhere to lay his head." To another he said, "Follow me." But he said,
"Lord, let me first go and bury my father." But he said to him, "Leave
the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the
kingdom of God." Another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let me first
say farewell to those at my home." Jesus said to him, "No one who
puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of
God."
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The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
By blossoming forth the only Ever-virgin as fruit, today holy Anna
doth betroth us all unto joy, instead of our former grief; on this day
she doth fulfil her vows to the Most High, leading her with joy into
the Lord's holy temple, who truly is the temple and pure Mother of
God the Word.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
The whole world is filled today with joy and gladness on the
Theotokos's auspicious and resplendent feast, whereon with great voice it
crieth out: The heavenly tabernacle is she in truth.
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Gregory the Righteous of Decapolis
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Gregory who was from Irenopolis of the Decapolis of Asia Minor,
was the son of Sergius and Mary. He became a monk as a young man, and
after struggling for many years in virtue and prayer under obedience to
a wise spiritual father, he was informed by revelation that it was
the will of God for him to live, like the Patriarch Abraham, with no
certain dwelling, moving from place to place. His journeyings took him to
Ephesus, Constantinople, Corinth, Rome, Sicily, Thessalonica, and again to
Constantinople, where, after many labours in defence of Orthodoxy against
Iconoclasm, he reposed in peace in the first half of the ninth century. He
had two disciples, one of whom was Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (see
Apr. 3), who wrote the Menaion service for Saint Gregory, his father
in Christ.
Kontakion in the Third Tone
The Church knoweth thee to be a shining sun that enlight'neth all men
with the rays of cures and with the beauty of virtue. Hence, O truly
blessed Father, Christ's faithful servant, we all celebrate thy venerable
memorial, O wise Gregory most righteous; and we now honour thy valiant
struggles for Christ.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Proclus, Archbishop of Constantinople
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Proclus lived during the reign of Saint Theodosius the Younger. A
disciple and scribe of Saint John Chrysostom, he was ordained Bishop of
Cyzicus about the year 426, but because the people there unlawfully
elected another bishop before his arrival, he remained in Constantinople.
In 429, Nestorius, who had been Archbishop of Constantinople for
about a year, and had already begun his blasphemous teaching that it is
wrong to call the holy Virgin "Theotokos," invited Bishop Proclus to
give a sermon on one of the feasts of our Lady, which he did, openly
defending in Nestorius' presence the name "Theotokos," that is, "Mother of
God." Saint Proclus was elevated to the throne of Archbishop of
Constantinople in 434. It was he who persuaded Emperor Theodosius the Younger
and his holy sister Pulcheria to have the most sacred relics of his
godly teacher Saint John Chrysostom brought back from Comana, and
triumphantly received them upon their return to the imperial city (see Jan. 27
and Nov. 13). He reposed in peace in 447.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
On this day, thy ven'rable departure from us, O wise Proclus blest
of God, is celebrated fittingly with joy by her that in very truth
is the most honoured of cities in all the world.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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