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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Thursday, May 5, 2011
Readings for today:
Acts of the Apostles 4:23-31
John 5:24-30
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
2nd Thursday after Pascha
Irene the great Martyr of Thessaloniki
Neophytos, Gaius, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 4:23-31
IN THOSE DAYS, when the apostles were released they went to their
friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to
them. And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God
and said, "Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the
earth and the sea and everything in them, who by the mouth of our
father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, 'Why did
the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things? The kings of
the earth set themselves in array, and the rulers were gathered
together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'- for truly in this
city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom
thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles
and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had
predestined to take place. And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant
to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, while thou
stretchest out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through
the name of thy holy servant Jesus." And when they had prayed,
the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with
boldness.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from John 5:24-30
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, "Truly, truly, I say to
you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal
life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to
life. Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when
the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear
will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted
the Son also to have life in himself, and has given him authority to
execute judgment, because he is the Son of man. Do not marvel at this;
for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his
voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of
life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. I
can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my
judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of the
Father who sent me."
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Irene the great Martyr of Thessaloniki
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Irene was the daughter of a princelet called Licinius; named
Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to
faith in Christ and at Baptism was renamed Irene. In her zeal for piety
she broke in pieces all the idols of her father, who commanded that
she be trampled underfoot by horses. But while she remained unharmed,
one of the horses rose up and cast down her father, killing him. By
her prayer she raised him to life again, and he believed and was
baptized. Afterwards, in many journeyings, Saint Irene suffered torments
and punishments for her faith, but was preserved by the power of God,
while working dread miracles and converting many thousands of souls. At
last she came to Ephesus, where she fell asleep in peace, in the first
half of the fourth century. Two days after her death, her gravestone
was found lifted off, and her grave empty. At least two churches were
dedicated to Saint Irene in Constantinople, and she is also the patroness
of the Aegean island of Thera, which is commonly called Santorin (or
Santorini), a corruption of "Saint Irene."
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
Being fair adorned before with pure and virginal beauty, thou becamest
fairer still in thy brave contest, O virgin; for when thou, in thine own
spilt blood, wast stained and reddened, O Irene, thou overthrewest
ungodly error. Hence, thou hast received the prizes of thy good vict'ry
from thy Creator's right hand.
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Reading (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Thursday, May 5, 2011
Readings for today:
Acts of the Apostles 4:23-31
John 5:24-30
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
2nd Thursday after Pascha
Irene the great Martyr of Thessaloniki
Neophytos, Gaius, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 4:23-31
IN THOSE DAYS, when the apostles were released they went to their
friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to
them. And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God
and said, "Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the
earth and the sea and everything in them, who by the mouth of our
father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, 'Why did
the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things? The kings of
the earth set themselves in array, and the rulers were gathered
together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'- for truly in this
city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom
thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles
and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had
predestined to take place. And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant
to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, while thou
stretchest out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through
the name of thy holy servant Jesus." And when they had prayed,
the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with
boldness.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from John 5:24-30
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, "Truly, truly, I say to
you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal
life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to
life. Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when
the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear
will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted
the Son also to have life in himself, and has given him authority to
execute judgment, because he is the Son of man. Do not marvel at this;
for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his
voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of
life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. I
can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my
judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of the
Father who sent me."
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Irene the great Martyr of Thessaloniki
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Irene was the daughter of a princelet called Licinius; named
Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to
faith in Christ and at Baptism was renamed Irene. In her zeal for piety
she broke in pieces all the idols of her father, who commanded that
she be trampled underfoot by horses. But while she remained unharmed,
one of the horses rose up and cast down her father, killing him. By
her prayer she raised him to life again, and he believed and was
baptized. Afterwards, in many journeyings, Saint Irene suffered torments
and punishments for her faith, but was preserved by the power of God,
while working dread miracles and converting many thousands of souls. At
last she came to Ephesus, where she fell asleep in peace, in the first
half of the fourth century. Two days after her death, her gravestone
was found lifted off, and her grave empty. At least two churches were
dedicated to Saint Irene in Constantinople, and she is also the patroness
of the Aegean island of Thera, which is commonly called Santorin (or
Santorini), a corruption of "Saint Irene."
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
Being fair adorned before with pure and virginal beauty, thou becamest
fairer still in thy brave contest, O virgin; for when thou, in thine own
spilt blood, wast stained and reddened, O Irene, thou overthrewest
ungodly error. Hence, thou hast received the prizes of thy good vict'ry
from thy Creator's right hand.
This content is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved:
Reading (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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