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Daily Readings:
Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated: the Second Day of the Fore-Feast of the Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ; the Prophet Malachi
Scriptural Readings:
Thirty-First Week After Pentecost
Monday
Hebrews 11:17, 27-31
Hebrews 11:17; Hebrews 11:27-31 (King James Version)
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Hebrews 11:17
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17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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Hebrews 11:27-31
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27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
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Mark 9:42-10:1
Mark 9:42-10:1 (King James Version)
42And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Mark 10
1And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
The Synaxarion:
January 3
Second Pre-festive Day of the Feast of the Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Memory of the holy Prophet Malachia (Fifth century B.C.)
The holy martyr Gordios (+under Licinius, 313-323).
The holy prophet Malachia prophesied in the times of Nehemia and Artaxerxes the Long-handed, the King of Persia, without doubt prior to the year 444 B.C.
Saint Gordios, concerning whom Saint Basil the Great made a panegyric, was a native of Caesarea of Cappadocia and a centurion under Emperor Licinius (313-323). Not being able to endure the insolence of the pagans and the blasphemies which they unceasingly uttered against Christ, he fled from the world and lived in the mountains in the company of wild beasts. Before long reviving his love for Christ and his courage against error, he entered the town, rushed into the theater overflowing with people, and publicly confessed his faith. Having attracted the attention of the whole crowd on himself, the Saint amazed the governor, who presided at the assembly, by his presence and urged him on to the extreme limit of his rage. After many tortures, he died by the sword.
Fifth Class Feast.
Troparia: of the Pre-festive Period of Theophany, of Saint Gordios, and of the Church Patron. Kondakion of the Pre-festive Period of Theophany
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