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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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Readings for today:
Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21
Luke 10:16-21
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Renewal Tuesday
Mark the Apostle & Evangelist
Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea
Glaphyra the Righteous
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21
IN THOSE DAYS, standing with the eleven, Peter lifted up his voice
and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in
Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these men
are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the
day; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in the
last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit
upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
yea, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will
pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders
in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire,
and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the
moon into blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and
manifest day. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.' "
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Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 10:16-21
The Lord said to his disciples, "He who hears you hears me, and he
who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who
sent me." The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the
demons are subject to us in your name! " And he said to them, "I saw
Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you
authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of
the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in
this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names
are written in heaven. " In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy
Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that
you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and
revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."
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Renewal Tuesday
Reading from the Synaxarion:
On the island of Mytilene (Lesbos in ancient times), near the
village of Therme, the villagers had a custom of ascending a certain hill
on this day to celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the ruins of a small
chapel, although no one knew whence the tradition sprang. In the year
1959, certain villagers began seeing persons who spoke to them, first
in dreams, then awake, both by day and by night. Through these
wondrous appearances, which were given to many people independently, the
holy Martyrs Raphael, Archimandrite of the ancient monastery, and
Nicholas, his deacon, together with other Saints who had been martyred on
the island, told the villagers the whole account of their martyrdom,
which had taken place at the hands of the Moslem Turks ten years after
the fall of Constantinople, in 1463. The twelve-year-old Irene had
been tortured, then burned alive in a large earthenware jar in the
presence of her parents. On Tuesday of Renewal Week, Saint Raphael had
been tied to a tree and his head sawn off through his jaws; Saint
Nicholas had died at the sight of this. Although the feast is celebrated
today because it is the day of their martyrdom, through the appearances
of the Saints as living persons five hundred years after their
martyrdom, it is also a singular testimony to the Resurrection of Christ.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
On Lesbos, ye strove in contest for the sake of Christ God; ye also
have hallowed her with the discovery of your relics, O blessed ones.
O God-bearer Raphael, with thee, we all honour Nicholas the deacon
and Irene the chaste virgin, as our divine protectors, who now
intercede with the Lord.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Ye shone on the world like stars first as ascetics, then as athletes
slain for Christ, and were translated to the heights through the great
torments that ye endured; and them that praise you, ye keep and protect, O
Saints.
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Mark the Apostle & Evangelist
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Mark was an idolater from Cyrene of Pentapolis, which is near Libya.
Having come to the Faith of Christ through the Apostle Peter, he
followed him to Rome. While there, at the prompting of Peter himself and
at the request of the Christians living there, he wrote his Gospel
in Greek, and it is second in order after Matthew's. Afterwards,
travelling to Egypt, he preached the Gospel there and was the first to
establish the Church in Alexandria. The idolaters, unable to bear his
preaching, seized him, bound him with ropes, and dragged him through the
streets until he, cut to pieces on rocks, gave up his soul. It is said
that he completed his life in martyrdom about the year 68. He is
depicted in holy icons with a lion next to him, one of the living
creatures mentioned by Ezekiel (1:10), and a symbol of Christ's royal
office, as Saint Irenaeus of Lyons writes.
If April 25 falls on or before Great and Holy Pascha, the Feast of
St. Mark is translated to Bright Tuesday.
Apolytikion in the Third Tone
O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, intercede with the merciful God
that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offences.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
When thou hadst received the Spirit's grace from Heaven's heights,
thou rentest apart the webs of the philosophers; and on catching all
of the nations in thy net, O all-lauded Mark, thou didst offer them
to thy Lord, by preaching the Gospel of divine renown.
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Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint was Bishop of Amasia in Pontus, in the days of Licinius
(reigned 308-324), fellow Emperor and brother-in-law of Saint Constantine
the Great. Licinius' wife Constantia, sister of Saint Constantine,
had as handmaid a virgin named Glaphyra. When it became known that
Licinius had conceived a sinful desire for her. Constantia secretly sent
Glaphyra away to the East. Coming to Amasia, she took refuge with Saint
Basileus. When Licinius learned of this, he furiously commanded that both
be brought before him. When the soldiers came for them, however,
Saint Glaphyra had already departed to the Lord; she is also
commemorated this day. Saint Basileus was taken alone to Nicomedia, where he
was beheaded. His body was cast into the sea, but through divine
revelation was found again and brought back to Amasia.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the
Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of
ascent to divine vision. Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of
truth, thou didst also contest for the Faith even unto blood, O
Hieromartyr Basil. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.
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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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Readings for today:
Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21
Luke 10:16-21
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Renewal Tuesday
Mark the Apostle & Evangelist
Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea
Glaphyra the Righteous
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21
IN THOSE DAYS, standing with the eleven, Peter lifted up his voice
and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in
Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these men
are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the
day; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in the
last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit
upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
yea, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will
pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders
in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire,
and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the
moon into blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and
manifest day. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.' "
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 10:16-21
The Lord said to his disciples, "He who hears you hears me, and he
who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who
sent me." The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the
demons are subject to us in your name! " And he said to them, "I saw
Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you
authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of
the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in
this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names
are written in heaven. " In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy
Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that
you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and
revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."
(C) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Renewal Tuesday
Reading from the Synaxarion:
On the island of Mytilene (Lesbos in ancient times), near the
village of Therme, the villagers had a custom of ascending a certain hill
on this day to celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the ruins of a small
chapel, although no one knew whence the tradition sprang. In the year
1959, certain villagers began seeing persons who spoke to them, first
in dreams, then awake, both by day and by night. Through these
wondrous appearances, which were given to many people independently, the
holy Martyrs Raphael, Archimandrite of the ancient monastery, and
Nicholas, his deacon, together with other Saints who had been martyred on
the island, told the villagers the whole account of their martyrdom,
which had taken place at the hands of the Moslem Turks ten years after
the fall of Constantinople, in 1463. The twelve-year-old Irene had
been tortured, then burned alive in a large earthenware jar in the
presence of her parents. On Tuesday of Renewal Week, Saint Raphael had
been tied to a tree and his head sawn off through his jaws; Saint
Nicholas had died at the sight of this. Although the feast is celebrated
today because it is the day of their martyrdom, through the appearances
of the Saints as living persons five hundred years after their
martyrdom, it is also a singular testimony to the Resurrection of Christ.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
On Lesbos, ye strove in contest for the sake of Christ God; ye also
have hallowed her with the discovery of your relics, O blessed ones.
O God-bearer Raphael, with thee, we all honour Nicholas the deacon
and Irene the chaste virgin, as our divine protectors, who now
intercede with the Lord.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Ye shone on the world like stars first as ascetics, then as athletes
slain for Christ, and were translated to the heights through the great
torments that ye endured; and them that praise you, ye keep and protect, O
Saints.
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Mark the Apostle & Evangelist
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Mark was an idolater from Cyrene of Pentapolis, which is near Libya.
Having come to the Faith of Christ through the Apostle Peter, he
followed him to Rome. While there, at the prompting of Peter himself and
at the request of the Christians living there, he wrote his Gospel
in Greek, and it is second in order after Matthew's. Afterwards,
travelling to Egypt, he preached the Gospel there and was the first to
establish the Church in Alexandria. The idolaters, unable to bear his
preaching, seized him, bound him with ropes, and dragged him through the
streets until he, cut to pieces on rocks, gave up his soul. It is said
that he completed his life in martyrdom about the year 68. He is
depicted in holy icons with a lion next to him, one of the living
creatures mentioned by Ezekiel (1:10), and a symbol of Christ's royal
office, as Saint Irenaeus of Lyons writes.
If April 25 falls on or before Great and Holy Pascha, the Feast of
St. Mark is translated to Bright Tuesday.
Apolytikion in the Third Tone
O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, intercede with the merciful God
that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offences.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
When thou hadst received the Spirit's grace from Heaven's heights,
thou rentest apart the webs of the philosophers; and on catching all
of the nations in thy net, O all-lauded Mark, thou didst offer them
to thy Lord, by preaching the Gospel of divine renown.
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Reading (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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Kontakion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Saint was Bishop of Amasia in Pontus, in the days of Licinius
(reigned 308-324), fellow Emperor and brother-in-law of Saint Constantine
the Great. Licinius' wife Constantia, sister of Saint Constantine,
had as handmaid a virgin named Glaphyra. When it became known that
Licinius had conceived a sinful desire for her. Constantia secretly sent
Glaphyra away to the East. Coming to Amasia, she took refuge with Saint
Basileus. When Licinius learned of this, he furiously commanded that both
be brought before him. When the soldiers came for them, however,
Saint Glaphyra had already departed to the Lord; she is also
commemorated this day. Saint Basileus was taken alone to Nicomedia, where he
was beheaded. His body was cast into the sea, but through divine
revelation was found again and brought back to Amasia.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the
Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of
ascent to divine vision. Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of
truth, thou didst also contest for the Faith even unto blood, O
Hieromartyr Basil. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.
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