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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Strict Fast
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:21-24; 2:1-4
Luke 19:1-10
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Wednesday of the 15th Week
Xenophon & his Companions
Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:21-24; 2:1-4
BRETHREN, it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has
commissioned us; he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our
hearts as a guarantee.
But I call God to witness against me - it was to spare you that I
refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith; we
work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. For I
made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause
you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have
pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain
from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of
you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of
much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause
you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 19:1-10
At that time, Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And
there was a man named Zacchaios; he was a chief collector, and rich.
And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the
crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed
up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And
when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,
"Zacchaios, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today."
So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when
they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a
man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord,
"Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have
defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to
him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son
of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Xenophon & his Companions
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint, a wealthy nobleman of Constantinople, was filled with
piety toward God. He had two sons, Arcadius and John, whom he sent to
Beirut to study law. But they were shipwrecked during their voyage;
barely saved, they forsook all things and departed for Palestine. Saint
Xenophon and his wife Mary, ignorant of what had happened, went in search
of their sons. On finding them in Jerusalem, dressed in the habit
of monks, they also took up the monastic life. And thus, having
completed their lives in holiness, they departed for the Lord about the
beginning of the sixth century. Saint Xenophon and his sons reposed at
Saint Sabbas Monastery, and Mary at the Monastery of Saint Theodosius.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O God of our Fathers, ever dealing with us according to Thy
gentleness: take not Thy mercy from us, but by their entreaties guide our
life in peace.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
With thy yoke-mate and thy sons didst thou keep vigil in the courts of
Christ thy Lord and thou didst cheerfully disperse thy wealth to
paupers, O blessed one. Hence, ye have all now inherited joy divine.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Strict Fast
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:21-24; 2:1-4
Luke 19:1-10
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Wednesday of the 15th Week
Xenophon & his Companions
Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:21-24; 2:1-4
BRETHREN, it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has
commissioned us; he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our
hearts as a guarantee.
But I call God to witness against me - it was to spare you that I
refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith; we
work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. For I
made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause
you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have
pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain
from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of
you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of
much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause
you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 19:1-10
At that time, Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And
there was a man named Zacchaios; he was a chief collector, and rich.
And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the
crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed
up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And
when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,
"Zacchaios, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today."
So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when
they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a
man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord,
"Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have
defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to
him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son
of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Xenophon & his Companions
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint, a wealthy nobleman of Constantinople, was filled with
piety toward God. He had two sons, Arcadius and John, whom he sent to
Beirut to study law. But they were shipwrecked during their voyage;
barely saved, they forsook all things and departed for Palestine. Saint
Xenophon and his wife Mary, ignorant of what had happened, went in search
of their sons. On finding them in Jerusalem, dressed in the habit
of monks, they also took up the monastic life. And thus, having
completed their lives in holiness, they departed for the Lord about the
beginning of the sixth century. Saint Xenophon and his sons reposed at
Saint Sabbas Monastery, and Mary at the Monastery of Saint Theodosius.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O God of our Fathers, ever dealing with us according to Thy
gentleness: take not Thy mercy from us, but by their entreaties guide our
life in peace.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
With thy yoke-mate and thy sons didst thou keep vigil in the courts of
Christ thy Lord and thou didst cheerfully disperse thy wealth to
paupers, O blessed one. Hence, ye have all now inherited joy divine.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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