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Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week after Pentecost
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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Tomorrow
Euthymius, the Great
Thursday: The holy apostles and Nicholas
Yesterday
Athanasius and Cyril, archbishops of Alexandria
Tuesday: John, the baptist
Today's psalter
Our venerable father, Macarius of Egypt.
Our father among the saints, Arsenius, archbishop of Corfu.
Wednesday: The holy and lifegiving cross
For Macarius
Troparion, Tone I
Like an angel in the flesh you lived in the desert, O godbearing father, Macarius, * and there you performed great wonders. * Through fasting, watchfulness, and prayer, you obtained heavenly gifts, * and with these you heal the souls of the needy who approach you in faith. * Glory to him who gave you this power. * Glory to him who crowned you. * Glory to him * who heals us all through you.
Kondakion, Tone I
The desert life is the endurance of martyrdom, O godbearing Macarius, * and in its blessed happiness you spent your life. * Your example led many to follow you, * and soon the wilderness became a city of angels in the flesh. * For this, the Lord blessed you with the gift of miracles, * granting you the inheritance of the meek. * Therefore, we revere your memory.
For Arsenius
Troparion, Tone IV
O Arsenius, holy hierarch, * your flock has recognized you by the brilliance of your works. * You are a model of kindness and rule of faith, * a teacher of self-control. * Your lowliness has raised you to the heights of fame, * and your poverty has filled your hands with riches. * Beg Christ, our God, to save our souls.
Kondakion, Tone VIII
The sun itself pales before the brilliance of your works, O holy father, Arsenius, * and Corfu delights today in your blessed memory. * The church appeals to you in her great faith, * begging your intercession with the Lord. * Preserve her, then, safe and invincible before every evil, * and beg Christ, our God, to grant her his great mercy.
For the cross
Troparion, Tone I
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance. * Give victory to those who battle evil, * and with your cross protect us all.
Kondakion, Tone IV
Bestow your mercies on all who bear your name, * O you who freely let yourself be raised upon the cross. * In your power, gladden all who battle evil, * by gracing them with victory over every foe. * For as long as they have you as their ally, * they possess a weapon of peace, * unfailing trophy of victory.
Stavrotheotokion, Tone I
Surrounded by the grace of your son's holy cross, * we hasten to sing your praises, O lady most pure. * For we enjoy your constant intercession * that preserves us from every evil.
Blessed is the kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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Sctriptural Readings:
Hebrews 10:1-18
Hebrews 10:1-18 (King James Version)
Hebrews 10
1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
King James Version (KJV)
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Mark 8:30-34
Hebrews 10:1-18 (King James Version)
Hebrews 10
1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
King James Version (KJV)
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The Synaxarion:
January 19
Memory of our venerable Father Makarios the Egyptian (ca. 300-390)
Our Father among the Saints Arsenios of Corcyra (end of the Tenth century)
Saint Makarios was born in Upper Egypt about the year 300. Palladius says: "He lived ninety years, of which he spent sixty in the desert of Skete, where he retired when thirty years old. He commanded the attention of all to such an extent that he was called 'the young old man.' He progressed so rapidly in perfection that at the age of forty he received the grace of expelling demons and of predicting the future. He was also judged worthy of the priesthood." He died around the year 390.
Saint Arsenios was born in Bethania, Palestine, under Emperor Basil I (867-886). Consecrated to God in his infancy, he took the monastic habit when he was twelve years old and, without doubt, went to study in Seleucia, on the Orontes River, where he received priestly ordination. From there he went to Constantinople under hegumen Tryphon, who subsequently became Patriarch in 928, and he was consecrated Archbishop of Corcyra by Patriarch Theophylaktos to quiet the unjust resentment of Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus (912-956) against the eminent persons of Corcya. On the way home, he fell ill at Corinth and died at an unknown date.
Fifth Class Feast.
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