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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Saturday, December 11, 2010
Fast Day (Fish Allowed)
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:11-13
Luke 13:19-29
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Saturday of the 12th Week
Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople
Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon
Holy Martyrs Ascepsia and Aethal
Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas
Leontios the Righteous of Monemvasia
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:11-13
BRETHREN, remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh,
called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is
made in the flesh by hands - remember that you were at that time
separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in
the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have
been brought near in the blood of Christ.
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Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 13:19-29
The Lord said this parable, "The kingdom of God is like a grain of
mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and
became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." And
again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like
leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it
was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villages,
teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him, "Lord,
will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, "Strive to
enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and
will not be able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the
door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying,
'Lord, open to us.' He will answer you, 'I do not know where you come
from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence,
and you taught in our streets.' But he will say, 'I tell you, I do
not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of
iniquity!' There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and
Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you
yourselves thrust out. And men will come from east and west, and from north
and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God."
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Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint was from the village of Marutha in the region of Samosata
in Mesopotamia. He became a monk at the age of twelve. After
visiting Saint Symeon the Stylite (see Sept. 1) and receiving his
blessing, he was moved with zeal to follow his marvellous way of life. At
the age of forty-two, guided by providence, he came to Anaplus in the
environs of Constantinople, in the days of the holy Patriarch Anatolius
(see July 3), who was also healed by Saint Daniel of very grave malady
and sought to have him live near him. Upon coming to Anaplus, Saint
Daniel first lived in the church of the Archangel Michael, but after
some nine years, Saint Symeon the Stylite appeared to him in a vision,
commanding him to imitate his own ascetical struggle upon a pillar. The
remaining thirty-three years of his life he stood for varying periods on
three pillars, one after another. He stood immovable in all weather,
and once his disciples found him covered with ice after a winter
storm. He was a counsellor of emperors; the pious emperor Leo the Great
fervently loved him and brought his royal guests to meet him. It was at
Saint Daniel's word that the holy relics of Saint Symeon the Stylite
were brought to Constantinople from Antioch, and it was in his days
that the Emperor Leo had the relics of the Three Holy Children brought
from Babylon. Saint Daniel also defended the Church against the error
of the Eutychians. Having lived through the reigns of the Emperors
Leo, Zeno, and Basiliscus, he reposed in 490, at the age of
eighty-four.
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 Daniel, our righteous
Father, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
With longing and zeal for things on high, O righteous one, thou
leftest behind all things that are found here below, when thou builtest
thy pillar as another Heaven whence thou didst flash with the light
of wonders and signs. Do thou ever pray Christ that our souls be
saved.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon
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 Luke, our righteous
Father, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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