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Daily Readings:
Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated: The Feast of the Nativity (2nd Day), The Feast of the Holy Family, The Feast of St. Stephen
Scriptural Readings:
Thirtieth Sunday After Pentecost
Matins:
John 20:11-18 (Matins Gospel 8)
John 20:11-18 (King James Version)
11But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.
14And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
Liturgy:
Colossians 3:12-16
Colossians 3:12-18 (King James Version)
12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
18Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Luke 18:18-27 (Slavs), Luke 14:16-24 (Greeks)
Luke 18:18-27 (King James Version)
18And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
19And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
21And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
23And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
25For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
27And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Luke 14:16-24 (King James Version)
16Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
The Synaxarion:
December 26
Second Day of the Feast of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ
Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Memory of the holy Hieromartyr Euthymius, Metropolitan of Sardes (+824)
The Holy Virgin Mary is called the Theotokos (Mother of God), and she really is, for she begot the Divine Word according to the flesh. Yesterday's feast celebrated an historic fact. That of today is a notion of a feast, the feast of the divine maternity of the Virgin.
Our Lord Jesus is true God and true man, and in His Unique Person have been united the Divine Nature without change, and the human nature created in its perfect state and marvelously begotten by the action of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary. This why Mary is the Mother of Jesus, by the same right that other mothers are for their children, and yet more perfectly. Moreover, Jesus is truly the Word of God, God Himself; Mary is truly the Theotokos. It is a dogma defined solemnly by the Council of Ephesus in 431, but which Elizabeth had already uttered on the day of the Visitation: "How is it given to me that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?" (Luke 1:43).
Saint Euthymius was born in Ouzara in Asia. After being renowned in the monastic life for some time, he was elevated to the see of Sardes, and confounded the heretics at the general council of 787, the Second of Nicaea. He was noticed by Empress Irene and Emperor Constantine VI who conferred diverse official ambassadorships upon him. But under Emperor Nicephoros, the Saint was exiled to Pantellaria of Esteria around 805 at the same time as other Orthodox bishops for having conferred monastic tonsure on a young girl. Leo the Armenian recalled him from exile in 815 and asked him if he rendered veneration to icons. The Saint answered proudly, as he had the custom of doing, and struck the Emperor with an anathema. Furious, he immediately decreed his exile to Assos in Mysia, where he remained from 815 to 821. When Leo was assassinated by Michael the Stammerer, the Saint was recalled from Assos and summoned to renounce the cult of the Icons. He struck the Emperor with his retorts and was exiled again to Acritas. He was shut up in a dark prison, where four executioners stretched him out on the ground and beat him so cruelly with ox ligaments that he died eight days after, on the day after the feast of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ in 824.
Second Class Feast.
Antiphons of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Isodikon of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Troparia: of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Church Patron. Kondakion of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Instead of the Trisagion, the verse is sung: "All of you who have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. Alleluia." Epistle and Gospel of the Synaxis. Hirmos from the Second Canon of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ and, after Communion, Troparion of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
In occurrence with a Saturday, the same order is followed, but the Epistle and Gospel are of the Saturday after the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
In occurrence with a Sunday, the proper of the Synaxis is united with that of the Sunday after the nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Typika and Beatitudes, or Antiphons of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ with, as a response to the Second Antiphon: "...who was born of a Virgin." Isodikon of the Sunday. Troparia: of the Resurrection, of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, of Saint Joseph, and of the Church Patron. Kondakion of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Trisagion or the verse: "All of you who have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. Alleluia." Epistle and Gospel of the Sunday after the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Kinonikon of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, and after Communion, Troparion of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Saturday After the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ
Epistle of the Saturday of the week of the prodigal Son: I Timothy 6:11b-16.
Gospel: Matthew 12:15a-21.
Sunday After the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ: Memory of Saint Joseph, the Spouse and the Guardian of the Virgin, of the holy apostle James, brother of the Lord, and of David, the Prophet and King (Tenth century B.C.)
Certain Churches of the East rather soon acquired the habit to commemorate certain personages of the New Testament with the feast of Theophany (and later with the Nativity). In Syria, on December 26 and 28, Saint Stephen, the sons of Zebedee, and the two princes of the Apostles, were commemorated. Likewise in Cappadocia, in the epoch of Saint Gregory of Nyssa. In Jerusalem, these same feasts were combined with a feast that the Jews celebrated in Hebron on December 25 or 26 in honor of the patriarch Jacob for whom the Christians substituted Apostle James, the Lord's brother. Then the memory of this relative of Jesus was tied to that of his ancestor, King David.
Third Class Feast.
At the Liturgy, all is said as on December 25, except the following: at the Second Antiphon, is said: "...who is risen from the dead..." Troparia: of the Resurrection according to the occurring tone, then that of Saint Joseph, of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Church Patron; Kondakion of the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
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