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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Strict Fast
Readings for today:
Isaiah 1:19-2:3
Genesis 1:14-23
Proverbs 1:20-33
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedea
Hermas the Apostle of the 70
Paul the Confessor
Dometios the Righteous
Old Testament Reading
The reading is from Isaiah 1:19-2:3
"If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for
the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
How the faithful city has become a harlot, she that was full of
justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Your silver has
become dross, your wine mixed with water. Your princes are rebels and
companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They
do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to
them.
Therefore the Lord says, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah,
I will vent my wrath on my enemies, and avenge myself on my foes.
I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as
with lye and remove all your alloy. And I will restore your judges as
at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward
you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by
righteousness. But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those
who forsake the Lord shall be consumed. For you shall be ashamed of
the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens
which you have chosen. For you shall be like an oak whose leaf
withers, and like a garden without water. And the strong shall become
tow, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with
none to quench them.
The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of
the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the
mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall
flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up
to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that
he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For
out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Old Testament Reading
The reading is from Genesis 1:14-23
And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the
heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and
for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the
firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And
God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the
earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the
light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was
evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the
heavens." So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature
that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and
every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill
the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." And
there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Old Testament Reading
The reading is from Proverbs 1:20-33
Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice;
on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the city
gates she speaks: "How long, O simple ones, will you love being
simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate
knowledge?
Give heed to my reproof; behold, I will pour out my thoughts to
you; I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you
refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, and
you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, I
also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,
when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a
whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me
diligently but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not
choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel, and despised
all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and
be sated with their own devices. For the simple are killed by their
turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them; but he who
listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of
evil."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedea
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Theophylaktos was from the East; his native city is unknown. In Constantinople
he became a close friend of Tarsius, who afterwards became Patriarch
of Constantinople (see Feb. 25).Theophylaktoswas made Bishop of
Nicomedia. After the death of Saint Tarsius, his successor Nicephorus (see
June 2) called together a number of Bishops to help him in fighting
the iconoclasm of Emperor Leo the Armenian, who reigned from 813-820.
Among them was Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (celebrated Dec. 26), who
had attended the holy Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 - he was
exiled three times for the sake of the holy icons, and for defying the
Emperor Theophilus' command to renounce the veneration of the icons, was
scourged from head to foot until his whole body was one great wound, from
which he died eight days later, about the year 830; Joseph of
Thessalonica (see July 14); Michael of Synnada (see May 23); Emilian, Bishop
of Cyzicus (see Aug. 8); and Saint Theophylaktos, who boldly rebuked
Leo to his face, telling him that because he despised the
long-suffering of God, utter destruction was about to overtake him, and there
would be none to deliver him. For this, Theophylaktos was exiled to the
fortress of Strobilus in Karia of Asia Minor, where, after 30 years of
imprisonment and hardship, he gave up his holy soul about the year 845. Leo
the Armenian, according to the Saint's prophecy, was slain in church
on the eve of our Lord's Nativity, in 820.
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Second Tone
Thou didst live a life hidden in God, O all-famed Theophylaktos, but
Christ revealed thee unto all as a shining light set upon the spiritual
lampstand, and He placed in thy hands the tablets of the Spirit's doctrines;
whereby do thou enlighten us.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Strict Fast
Readings for today:
Isaiah 1:19-2:3
Genesis 1:14-23
Proverbs 1:20-33
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedea
Hermas the Apostle of the 70
Paul the Confessor
Dometios the Righteous
Old Testament Reading
The reading is from Isaiah 1:19-2:3
"If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for
the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
How the faithful city has become a harlot, she that was full of
justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Your silver has
become dross, your wine mixed with water. Your princes are rebels and
companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They
do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to
them.
Therefore the Lord says, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah,
I will vent my wrath on my enemies, and avenge myself on my foes.
I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as
with lye and remove all your alloy. And I will restore your judges as
at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward
you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by
righteousness. But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those
who forsake the Lord shall be consumed. For you shall be ashamed of
the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens
which you have chosen. For you shall be like an oak whose leaf
withers, and like a garden without water. And the strong shall become
tow, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with
none to quench them.
The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of
the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the
mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall
flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up
to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that
he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For
out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Old Testament Reading
The reading is from Genesis 1:14-23
And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the
heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and
for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the
firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And
God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the
earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the
light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was
evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the
heavens." So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature
that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and
every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill
the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." And
there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Old Testament Reading
The reading is from Proverbs 1:20-33
Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice;
on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the city
gates she speaks: "How long, O simple ones, will you love being
simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate
knowledge?
Give heed to my reproof; behold, I will pour out my thoughts to
you; I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you
refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, and
you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, I
also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,
when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a
whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me
diligently but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not
choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel, and despised
all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and
be sated with their own devices. For the simple are killed by their
turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them; but he who
listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of
evil."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedea
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Theophylaktos was from the East; his native city is unknown. In Constantinople
he became a close friend of Tarsius, who afterwards became Patriarch
of Constantinople (see Feb. 25).Theophylaktoswas made Bishop of
Nicomedia. After the death of Saint Tarsius, his successor Nicephorus (see
June 2) called together a number of Bishops to help him in fighting
the iconoclasm of Emperor Leo the Armenian, who reigned from 813-820.
Among them was Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (celebrated Dec. 26), who
had attended the holy Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 - he was
exiled three times for the sake of the holy icons, and for defying the
Emperor Theophilus' command to renounce the veneration of the icons, was
scourged from head to foot until his whole body was one great wound, from
which he died eight days later, about the year 830; Joseph of
Thessalonica (see July 14); Michael of Synnada (see May 23); Emilian, Bishop
of Cyzicus (see Aug. 8); and Saint Theophylaktos, who boldly rebuked
Leo to his face, telling him that because he despised the
long-suffering of God, utter destruction was about to overtake him, and there
would be none to deliver him. For this, Theophylaktos was exiled to the
fortress of Strobilus in Karia of Asia Minor, where, after 30 years of
imprisonment and hardship, he gave up his holy soul about the year 845. Leo
the Armenian, according to the Saint's prophecy, was slain in church
on the eve of our Lord's Nativity, in 820.
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Second Tone
Thou didst live a life hidden in God, O all-famed Theophylaktos, but
Christ revealed thee unto all as a shining light set upon the spiritual
lampstand, and He placed in thy hands the tablets of the Spirit's doctrines;
whereby do thou enlighten us.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
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