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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Monday, February 14, 2011
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Readings for today:
St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:20-21; 2:1-9
Mark 13:9-13
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Monday of Prodigal Son
Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain
Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles & Teacher of the Slavs
Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:20-21; 2:1-9
Beloved, first of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of
scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, because no prophecy ever
came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke
from God.
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be
false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves
swift destruction. And many will follow their licentiousness, and
because of them the way of truth will be reviled. And in their greed
they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation
has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them
into hell and committed them to pits of nether gloom to be kept until
the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved
Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven other persons, when he
brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and
made them an example to those who were to be ungodly; and if he
rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the
wicked (for by what that righteous man saw and heard as he lived among
them, he was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their
lawless deeds), then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial,
and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of
judgment.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Mark 13:9-13
The Lord said to his disciples, "Take heed to yourselves; for they
will deliver you up to councils; and you will be beaten in synagogues;
and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear
testimony before them. And the gospel must first be preached to all
nations. And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not be
anxious beforehand what you are to say; but say whatever is given you in
that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. And
brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and
children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you
will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end
will be saved."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint, who was from the East, lived during the reign of Saint
Theodosius the Younger. In 442 he enlisted in the Fourth Military Company
of the Scholarii, that is, the Imperial Guard. Afterwards, he
became a monk on a certain mountain in Bithynia (which later took his
name), not far from Chalcedon. On becoming the archimandrite of the
monastics gathered there, and proving himself to be most enduring in
asceticism and most Orthodox in his faith, he reposed during the reign of
the Emperor Leo the Great of Thrace, who reigned from 457 to 474.
Apolytikion in the First Tone
Thou didst prove to be a citizen of the desert, an angel in the flesh,
and a wonderworker, O Auxentius, our God-bearing Father. By fasting,
vigil, and prayer thou didst obtain heavenly gifts, and thou healest the
sick and the souls of them that have recourse to thee with faith.
Glory to Him that hath given thee strength. Glory to Him that hath
crowned thee. Glory to Him that worketh healings for all through thee.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Since thou tookest great delight in abstinence, O godly-minded one, and
since thou didst bridle the desires of the flesh, thou didst ever
increase in faith; and thou didst blossom forth like the tree in the midst
of Paradise, O most sacred Father Auxentius.
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 Monday, February 14, 2011
Fast Free
Readings for today:
St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:20-21; 2:1-9
Mark 13:9-13
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Monday of Prodigal Son
Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain
Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles & Teacher of the Slavs
Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:20-21; 2:1-9
Beloved, first of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of
scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, because no prophecy ever
came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke
from God.
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be
false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves
swift destruction. And many will follow their licentiousness, and
because of them the way of truth will be reviled. And in their greed
they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation
has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them
into hell and committed them to pits of nether gloom to be kept until
the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved
Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven other persons, when he
brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and
made them an example to those who were to be ungodly; and if he
rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the
wicked (for by what that righteous man saw and heard as he lived among
them, he was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their
lawless deeds), then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial,
and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of
judgment.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Mark 13:9-13
The Lord said to his disciples, "Take heed to yourselves; for they
will deliver you up to councils; and you will be beaten in synagogues;
and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear
testimony before them. And the gospel must first be preached to all
nations. And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not be
anxious beforehand what you are to say; but say whatever is given you in
that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. And
brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and
children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you
will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end
will be saved."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint, who was from the East, lived during the reign of Saint
Theodosius the Younger. In 442 he enlisted in the Fourth Military Company
of the Scholarii, that is, the Imperial Guard. Afterwards, he
became a monk on a certain mountain in Bithynia (which later took his
name), not far from Chalcedon. On becoming the archimandrite of the
monastics gathered there, and proving himself to be most enduring in
asceticism and most Orthodox in his faith, he reposed during the reign of
the Emperor Leo the Great of Thrace, who reigned from 457 to 474.
Apolytikion in the First Tone
Thou didst prove to be a citizen of the desert, an angel in the flesh,
and a wonderworker, O Auxentius, our God-bearing Father. By fasting,
vigil, and prayer thou didst obtain heavenly gifts, and thou healest the
sick and the souls of them that have recourse to thee with faith.
Glory to Him that hath given thee strength. Glory to Him that hath
crowned thee. Glory to Him that worketh healings for all through thee.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Since thou tookest great delight in abstinence, O godly-minded one, and
since thou didst bridle the desires of the flesh, thou didst ever
increase in faith; and thou didst blossom forth like the tree in the midst
of Paradise, O most sacred Father Auxentius.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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