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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Thursday, January 20, 2011
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15
Luke 6:17-23
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Righteous Euthymios the Great
Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15
Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who
has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the
transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every
way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying
in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also
be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being
given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be
manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I
believed, and so I spoke," we too believed, and so we speak, knowing that
He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring
us with you into His presence. For it is all for your sake, so that
as grace extends to more and more people it may increase
thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 6:17-23
At that time, Jesus stood on a level place, with a great crowd of
his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and
Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to
be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with
unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him, for
power came forth from him and healed them all. And he lifted up his
eyes on His disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, for yours is
the Kingdom of God. Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall
be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile
you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man!
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great
in heaven."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Righteous Euthymios the Great
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint, who was from Melitene in Armenia, was the son of pious
parents named Paul and Dionysia. He was born about 377. Since his
mother had been barren, he was named Euthymius-which means "good cheer"
or "joy"-for this is what his parents experienced at his birth. He
studied under Eutroius, the Bishop of Melitene, by whom he was ordained
and entrusted with the care of the monasteries of Melitene. Then,
after he had come to Palestine about the year 406, he became the leader
of a multitude of monks. Through him, a great tribe of Arabs was
turned to piety, when he healed the ailing son of their leader
Aspebetos. Aspebetos was baptized with all his people; he took the
Christian name of Peter, and was later consecrated Bishop for his tribe,
being called "Bishop of the Tents." Saint Euthymius also fought
against the Nestorians, Eutychians, and Manichaeans. When Eudocia, the
widow of Saint Theodosius the Younger, had made her dwelling in
Palestine, and had fallen into the heresy of the Monophysites which was
championed in Palestine by a certain Theodosius, she sent envoys to Saint
Symeon the Stylite in Syria (see Sept. 1), asking him his opinion of
Eutyches and the Council of Chalcedon which had condemned him; Saint
Symeon, praising the holiness and Orthodoxy of Saint Euthymius near whom
she dwelt, sent her to him to be delivered from her error (the holy
Empress Eudocia is commemorated Aug. 13). He became the divine oracle of
the Church, or rather, "the vessel of divine utterance," as a certain
historian writes. He was the instructor and elder of Saint Sabbas the
Sanctified. Having lived for ninety-six years, he reposed in 473, on January
20.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Be glad, O barren one, that hast not given birth; be of good cheer,
thou that hast not travailed; for a man of desires hath multiplied thy
children of the Spirit, having planted them in piety and reared them in
continence to the perfection of the virtues. By his prayers, O Christ our
God, make our life peaceful.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Creation found delight and joy in thine august nativity and the good cheer
of thy numberless miracles on thy divine memorial. Now bestow
thereof richly on our souls and wash clean the stains of our every sin,
Euthymius most righteous, that we may chant: Alleluia!
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 Thursday, January 20, 2011
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15
Luke 6:17-23
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Righteous Euthymios the Great
Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15
Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who
has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the
transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every
way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying
in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also
be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being
given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be
manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I
believed, and so I spoke," we too believed, and so we speak, knowing that
He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring
us with you into His presence. For it is all for your sake, so that
as grace extends to more and more people it may increase
thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 6:17-23
At that time, Jesus stood on a level place, with a great crowd of
his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and
Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to
be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with
unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him, for
power came forth from him and healed them all. And he lifted up his
eyes on His disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, for yours is
the Kingdom of God. Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall
be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile
you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man!
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great
in heaven."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Righteous Euthymios the Great
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint, who was from Melitene in Armenia, was the son of pious
parents named Paul and Dionysia. He was born about 377. Since his
mother had been barren, he was named Euthymius-which means "good cheer"
or "joy"-for this is what his parents experienced at his birth. He
studied under Eutroius, the Bishop of Melitene, by whom he was ordained
and entrusted with the care of the monasteries of Melitene. Then,
after he had come to Palestine about the year 406, he became the leader
of a multitude of monks. Through him, a great tribe of Arabs was
turned to piety, when he healed the ailing son of their leader
Aspebetos. Aspebetos was baptized with all his people; he took the
Christian name of Peter, and was later consecrated Bishop for his tribe,
being called "Bishop of the Tents." Saint Euthymius also fought
against the Nestorians, Eutychians, and Manichaeans. When Eudocia, the
widow of Saint Theodosius the Younger, had made her dwelling in
Palestine, and had fallen into the heresy of the Monophysites which was
championed in Palestine by a certain Theodosius, she sent envoys to Saint
Symeon the Stylite in Syria (see Sept. 1), asking him his opinion of
Eutyches and the Council of Chalcedon which had condemned him; Saint
Symeon, praising the holiness and Orthodoxy of Saint Euthymius near whom
she dwelt, sent her to him to be delivered from her error (the holy
Empress Eudocia is commemorated Aug. 13). He became the divine oracle of
the Church, or rather, "the vessel of divine utterance," as a certain
historian writes. He was the instructor and elder of Saint Sabbas the
Sanctified. Having lived for ninety-six years, he reposed in 473, on January
20.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Be glad, O barren one, that hast not given birth; be of good cheer,
thou that hast not travailed; for a man of desires hath multiplied thy
children of the Spirit, having planted them in piety and reared them in
continence to the perfection of the virtues. By his prayers, O Christ our
God, make our life peaceful.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Creation found delight and joy in thine august nativity and the good cheer
of thy numberless miracles on thy divine memorial. Now bestow
thereof richly on our souls and wash clean the stains of our every sin,
Euthymius most righteous, that we may chant: Alleluia!
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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