Friday, November 26, 2010

Greek Orthodox Daily Readings For Friday, 26 November

From The Greek Orthodox Arch-Diocese of America:

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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.



(C) 2010 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America



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.



(C) 2010 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America





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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