Saturday, January 29, 2011

Byzantine Catholic Orthodox Daily Readings For Saturday, 29 January

From byzcath.org, rongolini.com and biblegateway.com:

Saturday of the Thirty-First Week after Pentecost


Daily Readings:


Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated:  The translation of the relics of the holy Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch (under Theodosius the Younger, 408-450)






Scriptural Readings:

Colossians 1:3-6


Colossians 1:3-6 (King James Version)




3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,



4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,



5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;



6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:







Luke 16:10-15


Luke 16:10-15 (King James Version)




10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.



11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?



12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?



13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.



14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.



15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.






The Synxarion:

January 29




The translation of the relics of the holy Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch (under Theodosius the Younger, 408-450)



Thrown into Rome's amphitheater, Saint Ignatius was torn apart by beasts who left only his hardest bones. An incomparable treasure, his relics were transferred to Antioch, deposited in a place called the "Cemetery," and preserved for the holy Church by the martyr's intercession. Consequently, his relics were transferred to an ancient pagan temple, called Tychaion. (Temple of Fortune), which God suggested to Emperor Theodosius the Younger (408-450) to consecrate to the glorious martyr for his greater veneration. These holy relics were then carried into the city on a chariot and placed inside the ancient pagan temple with great religious solemnities.



Fifth Class Feast.



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