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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Sunday, May 8, 2011
Readings for today:
Luke 24:1-12
St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7
Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday
John the Apostle, Evangelist, & Theologian
Arsenios the Great
Emelia, mother of St. Basil the Great
Orthros Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 24:1-12
On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb,
taking the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone
rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the
body. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by
them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their
faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living
among the dead? Remember how he told you, while he was still in
Galilee, that the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they
remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the
eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna and
Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this
to the apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and
they did not believe them.
But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw
the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what
had happened.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7
THAT WHICH WAS from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have
seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our
hands, concerning the word of life - the life was made manifest, and we
saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which
was with the Father and was made manifest to us - that which we have
seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have
fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son
Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that
God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have
fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live
according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son
cleanses us from all sin.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8
At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the
council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage
and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate
wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked
him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the
centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a
linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and
laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled
a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb
when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will
roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up,
they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And
entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed
in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not
be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has
risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell
his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there
you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from
the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they
said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday
Reading from the Synaxarion:
About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was
going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women
who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from
then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own
possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards,
neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the
Jewish rulers, they came to the sepulchre, bearing the myrrh-oils they
had prepared to annoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils,
that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are
called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the
following: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56
and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are
the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore
their step-mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife
of Clopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas;
Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Mary and Martha, the sisters
of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the
evangelists have kept silence (Matt 27:55-56; 28:1-10. Mark 15:40-41. Luke
8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14).
Together with them we celebrate also the secret disciples of the Saviour,
Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite,
a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the
Pharisees, learned in the Law and instructed in the Holy Scriptures. He
had believed in Christ when, at the beginning of our Saviour's
preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought
some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes
and spices out of reverence and love for the divine Teacher (John
19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arimathea, was a wealthy and
noble man, and one of the counsellors who were in Jerusalem. He went
boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with
Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the preparation of
another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn
out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matt. 27:60).
Apolytikion in the Second Tone
When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou
slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst
also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in
the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to
Thee. Glory... The noble Joseph, taking Thine immaculate Body down from
the Tree, and having wrapped It in pure linen and spices, laid It for
burial in a new tomb. But on the third day Thou didst arise, O Lord,
granting great mercy to the world. Both now... Unto the myrrh-bearing
women did the Angel cry out as he stood by the grave: Myrrh oils are
meet for the dead, but Christ hath proved to be a stranger to
corruption. But cry out: The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the
world.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
When you said to the Myrrh-bearers, "Rejoice!", O Christ our God, You
ended, by Your Resurrection, the lament of Eve, the first mother. And,
You commanded Your Apostles to proclaim, "The Savior has risen from
the grave."
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John the Apostle, Evangelist, & Theologian
Reading from the Synaxarion:
The feast today in honour of the holy Apostle John commemorates the
miracle taking place each year in Ephesus, in which a certain dust or
powder, called manna, suddenly poured forth from his tomb and was used by
the faithful for deliverance from maladies of both soul and body. For
an account of his life, see September 26.
Apolytikion in the Second Tone
O Apostle, beloved of Christ our God, hasten to deliver a
defenceless people. He that allowed thee to recline on His breast, receiveth
thee bowing in intercession. Implore Him, O Theologian, to dispel the
persistent cloud of the heathen, and ask for us His peace and great mercy.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Who can recount your greatness, O virgin, for miracles flow and
healing springs forth from you. You intercede for our souls, as the
Theologian and friend of Christ.
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Reading (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion (c) Narthex Press
Arsenios the Great
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Arsenios was a deacon of the Church of Rome, born of an
illustrious family, and wondrous in virtue. In the days of Saint Theodosius
the Great, he was chosen to be the tutor of the Emperor's young sons,
Arcadius and Honorius. While living at the imperial palace in
Constantinople, compassed with all luxury and innumerable temptations to sin,
Arsenios often besought God with tears to guide him to salvation. This
prayer was answered one day when a voice came to him saying, "Arsenios,
flee from men, and thou shalt be saved." He sailed secretly to
Alexandria, and from there went to Scete, where he became a monk. Yet after
he had withdrawn from the world, and was come among the most
illustrious monks of his day, he heard, 'Arsenios, flee, be silent, pray
always, for these are the causes of sinning not." Following this call, he
separated himself even from his fellow monks, practicing extreme silence.
On Saturday evenings, he would turn his back on the setting sun, and
would stretch out his hands in prayer to Heaven, till the sun shone
upon his face the following morning, and only then would he sit down.
Once a monk came to visit him, and looking into his cell saw Arsenios
entirely like a flame of fire. After living some fifty-five years as a
monk, and attaining to heights reached by few, he reposed in peace
about the year 449, at the age of ninety-five.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
With the streams of thy tears, thou didst cultivate the barrenness of
the desert; and by thy sighings from the depths,thou didst bear fruit
a hundredfold in labours; and thou becamest a luminary, shining
with miracles upon the world, O Arsenios our righteous Father.
Intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Since thou hadst shown forth the life of the Angels while in a body, O
God-bearing Arsenios, thou wast also counted worthy of their honour; and with
them thou standest before the Lord's throne, interceding that divine
forgiveness be granted unto all.
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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 Sunday, May 8, 2011
Readings for today:
Luke 24:1-12
St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7
Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday
John the Apostle, Evangelist, & Theologian
Arsenios the Great
Emelia, mother of St. Basil the Great
Orthros Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 24:1-12
On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb,
taking the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone
rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the
body. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by
them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their
faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living
among the dead? Remember how he told you, while he was still in
Galilee, that the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they
remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the
eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna and
Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this
to the apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and
they did not believe them.
But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw
the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what
had happened.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7
THAT WHICH WAS from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have
seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our
hands, concerning the word of life - the life was made manifest, and we
saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which
was with the Father and was made manifest to us - that which we have
seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have
fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son
Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that
God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have
fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live
according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son
cleanses us from all sin.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8
At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the
council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage
and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate
wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked
him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the
centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a
linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and
laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled
a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb
when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will
roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up,
they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And
entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed
in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not
be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has
risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell
his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there
you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from
the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they
said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday
Reading from the Synaxarion:
About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was
going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women
who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from
then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own
possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards,
neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the
Jewish rulers, they came to the sepulchre, bearing the myrrh-oils they
had prepared to annoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils,
that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are
called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the
following: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56
and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are
the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore
their step-mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife
of Clopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas;
Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Mary and Martha, the sisters
of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the
evangelists have kept silence (Matt 27:55-56; 28:1-10. Mark 15:40-41. Luke
8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14).
Together with them we celebrate also the secret disciples of the Saviour,
Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite,
a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the
Pharisees, learned in the Law and instructed in the Holy Scriptures. He
had believed in Christ when, at the beginning of our Saviour's
preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought
some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes
and spices out of reverence and love for the divine Teacher (John
19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arimathea, was a wealthy and
noble man, and one of the counsellors who were in Jerusalem. He went
boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with
Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the preparation of
another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn
out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matt. 27:60).
Apolytikion in the Second Tone
When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou
slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst
also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in
the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to
Thee. Glory... The noble Joseph, taking Thine immaculate Body down from
the Tree, and having wrapped It in pure linen and spices, laid It for
burial in a new tomb. But on the third day Thou didst arise, O Lord,
granting great mercy to the world. Both now... Unto the myrrh-bearing
women did the Angel cry out as he stood by the grave: Myrrh oils are
meet for the dead, but Christ hath proved to be a stranger to
corruption. But cry out: The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the
world.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
When you said to the Myrrh-bearers, "Rejoice!", O Christ our God, You
ended, by Your Resurrection, the lament of Eve, the first mother. And,
You commanded Your Apostles to proclaim, "The Savior has risen from
the grave."
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) Narthex Press
John the Apostle, Evangelist, & Theologian
Reading from the Synaxarion:
The feast today in honour of the holy Apostle John commemorates the
miracle taking place each year in Ephesus, in which a certain dust or
powder, called manna, suddenly poured forth from his tomb and was used by
the faithful for deliverance from maladies of both soul and body. For
an account of his life, see September 26.
Apolytikion in the Second Tone
O Apostle, beloved of Christ our God, hasten to deliver a
defenceless people. He that allowed thee to recline on His breast, receiveth
thee bowing in intercession. Implore Him, O Theologian, to dispel the
persistent cloud of the heathen, and ask for us His peace and great mercy.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Who can recount your greatness, O virgin, for miracles flow and
healing springs forth from you. You intercede for our souls, as the
Theologian and friend of Christ.
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) Narthex Press
Arsenios the Great
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Arsenios was a deacon of the Church of Rome, born of an
illustrious family, and wondrous in virtue. In the days of Saint Theodosius
the Great, he was chosen to be the tutor of the Emperor's young sons,
Arcadius and Honorius. While living at the imperial palace in
Constantinople, compassed with all luxury and innumerable temptations to sin,
Arsenios often besought God with tears to guide him to salvation. This
prayer was answered one day when a voice came to him saying, "Arsenios,
flee from men, and thou shalt be saved." He sailed secretly to
Alexandria, and from there went to Scete, where he became a monk. Yet after
he had withdrawn from the world, and was come among the most
illustrious monks of his day, he heard, 'Arsenios, flee, be silent, pray
always, for these are the causes of sinning not." Following this call, he
separated himself even from his fellow monks, practicing extreme silence.
On Saturday evenings, he would turn his back on the setting sun, and
would stretch out his hands in prayer to Heaven, till the sun shone
upon his face the following morning, and only then would he sit down.
Once a monk came to visit him, and looking into his cell saw Arsenios
entirely like a flame of fire. After living some fifty-five years as a
monk, and attaining to heights reached by few, he reposed in peace
about the year 449, at the age of ninety-five.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
With the streams of thy tears, thou didst cultivate the barrenness of
the desert; and by thy sighings from the depths,thou didst bear fruit
a hundredfold in labours; and thou becamest a luminary, shining
with miracles upon the world, O Arsenios our righteous Father.
Intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Since thou hadst shown forth the life of the Angels while in a body, O
God-bearing Arsenios, thou wast also counted worthy of their honour; and with
them thou standest before the Lord's throne, interceding that divine
forgiveness be granted unto all.
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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