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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Friday, November 26, 2010
Strict Fast
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:1-2; 8-18
Luke 19:12-28
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Friday of the 10th Week
Alypios the Stylite of Adrianopolis
St. Nicon Metanoeite
Stylianos the Monk of Paphlagonia
George the New Martyr of Chios
Innocent of Irkutsk
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:1-2; 8-18
PAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the
promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
To Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, who
saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works
but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in
Christ Jesus ages ago, and now has manifested through the appearing of
our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a
preacher and apostle and teacher, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am
not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he
is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in
the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus; guard the truth that
has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.
You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, and among
them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the
household of Onesiphoros, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of
my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly
and found me - may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on
that Day - and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.
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Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 19:12-28
The Lord said this parable, "A nobleman went into a far country to
receive a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servants, he gave
them ten pounds, and said to them, 'Trade with these till I come.' But
his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, 'We do
not want this man to reign over us.' When he returned, having
received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given
the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had
gained by trading. The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your pound
has made ten pounds more.' And he said to him, 'Well done, good
servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have
authority over ten cities.' And the second came, saying, 'Lord, your pound
has made five pounds.' And he said to him, 'And you are to be over
five cities.' Then another came, saying, 'Lord, here is your pound,
which I kept laid away in a napkin; for I was afraid of you, because
you are a severe man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap
what you did not sow.' He said to him, 'I will condemn you out of your
own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man,
taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? Why
then did you not put my money into the bank, and at my coming I should
have collected it with interest?' And he said to those who stood by,
'Take the pound from him, and give it to him who has the ten pounds.'
(And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you, that
to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not,
even what he has will be taken away. But as for these enemies of mine,
who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them
before me.'" And when he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to
Jerusalem.
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Alypios the Stylite of Adrianopolis
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Alypius was from Adrianople of Bithynia; having lived upon a
pillar for fifty-three years, he reposed about the year 607, at the age
of one hundred.
Apolytikion in the First Tone
Thou becamest a pillar of patience and didst emulate the Forefathers,
O righteous one: Job in his sufferings, Joseph in temptations, and
the life of the bodiless while in the body, O Alypius, our righteous
Father, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Today the Church doth glorify and hymn thee, O Alypius, as a foundation
of virtues and comeliness of the ascetics and the monks. By thy
prayers, as the namesake of true freedom from sorrow, free from their
grievous sins all them that praise and honour thy struggles and deeds of
excellence.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
St. Nicon Metanoeite
Apolytikion in the Third Tone
Lacedaemon doth rejoice with gladness in the godly shrine of thy blest
relics, which doth make streams of healings to overflow and doth preserve
from affliction and sore distresss all them that hasten, O Father, to
thee with faith. Righteous Nicon, intercede with Christ God in our
behalf that His great mercy may be granted unto us.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Emulating the life of the Angels, thou didst esteem the world's delights as
dross, while showing us the paths of repentance, O righteous and
God-bearing Nicon. Wherefore, as we now celebrate thy memorial, we honour
thee; for thou in truth art a fountain of healings.
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Stylianos the Monk of Paphlagonia
Reading from the Synaxarion:
St. Stylianos was from Paphlagonia living in the latter 6th century
and early 7th century. He loved the Lord Jesus Christ with his whole
heart and lived in strict asceticism. When he fell asleep in the Lord,
his face shone like the sun and an angel appeared to take his soul to
Glory. His prayers have worked many miracles, both during his earthly
life and since. He is of special help to children who are ill and to
childless couples. He is known as a protector of orphans.
Apolytikion in the Third Tone
Holy Stylianos, thou wast a tower of abstinence and an unshaken pillar
of the Church. Dedicated to God from thy youth, thou didst become a
dwelling-place of the Spirit. O righteous Father, intercede with Christ our God
to grant us His great mercy.
Reading courtesy of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Apolytikion courtesy of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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