From The Greek Orthodox Arch-Diocese of America:
Daily Readings:
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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Saturday, February 5, 2011
Readings for today:
St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:14-23
Luke 17:3-10
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Saturday of the 15th Week
Agatha the Martyr
Polyeuktos, Partriarch Of Constantinople
Antonios the New Martyr of Athens
Theodosios, Archbishop of Chernigov
Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:14-23
BRETHREN, we exhort you, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted,
help the weak, be patient with them all. See that none of you repays
evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the
Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what
is good, abstain from every form of evil. May the God of peace
himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be
kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 17:3-10
The Lord said, "Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke
him, and if he repents, forgive him; and if he sins against you seven
times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, 'I repent,'
you must forgive him." The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our
faith!" And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed,
you could say to this sycamore tree, 'Be rooted up, and be planted in
the sea,' and it would obey you. Will any one of you, who has a
servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the
field, 'Come at once and sit down at table?'" Will he not rather say to
him, 'Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I
eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?' Does he thank
the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you
have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants;
we have only done what was our duty.'"
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Agatha the Martyr
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Martyr, who was from Panormus (that is, Palermo) or perhaps
Catania of Sicily, was a most comely and chaste virgin. After many
exceedingly harsh torments, she gave up her spirit in prison at Catania in
251, because she did not consent to the seductions of Quintian, the
Governor of Sicily. At her burial, an Angel placed a stone tablet on her
grave inscribed with the words, "A righteous mind, self-determining,
honor from God, the deliverance of her father-land." The following
year this was fulfilled when Mount Etna erupted, spewing forth violent
fire from which Catania was manifestly saved by Saint Agatha's
prayers. The holy Martyr Agatha, the protectress and chief patroness of
Sicily, is, with perhaps the exception of Saint Agnes of Rome, the most
highly venerated Virgin Martyr of the West. Saint Damasus, Pope of
Rome, and Saint Ambrose of Milan both wrote in praise of her.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O my
Bridegroom, Thee I love; and seeking Thee, I now contest, and with Thy
baptism am crucified and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign
with Thee; for Thy sake I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me
offered out of longing to Thee as a spotless sacrifice. Lord, save our
souls through her intercessions, since Thou art great in mercy.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Let the Church be clad today with royal purple in a splendid covering
dyed in the chaste and hallowed blood of Martyr Agatha, and let it now
cry: Rejoice, O thou boast of Catania.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
Apolytikion in the First Tone
Hail Virgin Theotokos full of Grace, for Christ our God, the Sun of
Righteousness, has dawned from you, granting light to those in darkness. And
you, O Righteous Elder, rejoice, taking in your arms, the Deliverance
of our souls, who grants us Resurrection.
Apolytikion courtesy of Narthex Press
Daily Readings:
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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Saturday, February 5, 2011
Readings for today:
St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:14-23
Luke 17:3-10
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Saturday of the 15th Week
Agatha the Martyr
Polyeuktos, Partriarch Of Constantinople
Antonios the New Martyr of Athens
Theodosios, Archbishop of Chernigov
Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:14-23
BRETHREN, we exhort you, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted,
help the weak, be patient with them all. See that none of you repays
evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the
Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what
is good, abstain from every form of evil. May the God of peace
himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be
kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 17:3-10
The Lord said, "Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke
him, and if he repents, forgive him; and if he sins against you seven
times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, 'I repent,'
you must forgive him." The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our
faith!" And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed,
you could say to this sycamore tree, 'Be rooted up, and be planted in
the sea,' and it would obey you. Will any one of you, who has a
servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the
field, 'Come at once and sit down at table?'" Will he not rather say to
him, 'Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I
eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?' Does he thank
the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you
have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants;
we have only done what was our duty.'"
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Agatha the Martyr
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Martyr, who was from Panormus (that is, Palermo) or perhaps
Catania of Sicily, was a most comely and chaste virgin. After many
exceedingly harsh torments, she gave up her spirit in prison at Catania in
251, because she did not consent to the seductions of Quintian, the
Governor of Sicily. At her burial, an Angel placed a stone tablet on her
grave inscribed with the words, "A righteous mind, self-determining,
honor from God, the deliverance of her father-land." The following
year this was fulfilled when Mount Etna erupted, spewing forth violent
fire from which Catania was manifestly saved by Saint Agatha's
prayers. The holy Martyr Agatha, the protectress and chief patroness of
Sicily, is, with perhaps the exception of Saint Agnes of Rome, the most
highly venerated Virgin Martyr of the West. Saint Damasus, Pope of
Rome, and Saint Ambrose of Milan both wrote in praise of her.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O my
Bridegroom, Thee I love; and seeking Thee, I now contest, and with Thy
baptism am crucified and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign
with Thee; for Thy sake I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me
offered out of longing to Thee as a spotless sacrifice. Lord, save our
souls through her intercessions, since Thou art great in mercy.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Let the Church be clad today with royal purple in a splendid covering
dyed in the chaste and hallowed blood of Martyr Agatha, and let it now
cry: Rejoice, O thou boast of Catania.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
Apolytikion in the First Tone
Hail Virgin Theotokos full of Grace, for Christ our God, the Sun of
Righteousness, has dawned from you, granting light to those in darkness. And
you, O Righteous Elder, rejoice, taking in your arms, the Deliverance
of our souls, who grants us Resurrection.
Apolytikion courtesy of Narthex Press
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