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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Sunday, May 15, 2011
Readings for today:
Luke 24:13-35
Acts of the Apostles 9:32-42
John 5:1-15
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Sunday of the Paralytic
Pachomios the Great Martyr
Achilles, Bishop of Larissa
Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra
Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker
Orthros Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 24:13-35
At that time, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus,
about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all
these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing
together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were
kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What is this
conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they
stood still looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
"Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things
that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them, "What
things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a
prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how
our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to
death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem
Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this
happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the
tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; and they came
back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that
he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and
found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he
said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should
suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses
and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures
the things concerning himself.
So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He
appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with
us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he
went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the
bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes
were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their
sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while
he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?"
And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they
found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who
said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they
told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in
the breaking of the bread.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 9:32-42
IN THOSE DAYS, as Peter went here and there among them all, he came
down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man
named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed.
And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make
your bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and
Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a
disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and
acts of charity. In those days she fell sick and died; and when they
had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near
Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him
entreating him, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went
with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All
the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other
garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put them all
outside and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said,
"Tabitha, rise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat
up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the
saints and widows he presented her alive. And it became known throughout
all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from John 5:1-15
At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem
by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five
porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed,
waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down
at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water; whoever
stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatever
disease he had. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight
years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long
time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered
him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is
troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to
him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." And at once the man was
healed, and he took up his pallet and walked.
Now that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was
cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your
pallet." But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Take up
your pallet, and walk.' "They asked him, "Who is the man who said to
you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed
did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a
crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said
to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall
you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had
healed him.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Sunday of the Paralytic
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Close to the Sheep's in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which was called
the Sheep's Pool. It had round about it five porches, that is, five
sets of pillars supporting a domed roof. Under this roof there lay
very many sick people with various maladies, awaiting the moving of
the water. The first to step in after the troubling of the water was
healed immediately of whatever malady he had.
It was there that the paralytic of today's Gospel way lying,
tormented by his infirmity of thirty-eight years. When Christ beheld him,
He asked him, "Wilt thou be made whole?" And he answered with a
quiet and meek voice, "Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled,
to put me into the pool." The Lord said unto him, "Rise, take up
thy bed, and walk." And straightaway the man was made whole and took
up his bed. Walking in the presence of all, he departed rejoicing
to his own house. According to the expounders of the Gospels, the
Lord Jesus healed this paralytic during the days of the Passover, when
He had gone to Jerusalem for the Feast, and dwelt there teaching and
working miracles. According to Saint John the Evangelist, this miracle
took place on the Sabbath.
Kontakion in the Third Tone
I am grievously paralyzed in a multitude of sins and wrongful
deeds. As You raised up the paralytic of old, also raise up my soul by
Your divine guidance, that I may cry out, "Glory to Your Power O
Compassionate Christ."
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Pachomios the Great Martyr
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Pachomios was born of pagan parents in the Upper Thebaid of
Egypt. He was conscripted into the Roman army at an early age. While
quartered with the other soldiers in the prison in Thebes, Pachomios was
astonished at the kindness shown them by the local Christians, who relieved
their distress by bringing them food and drink. Upon inquiring who they
were, he believed in Christ and vowed that once delivered from the
army, he would serve Him all the days of his life. Released from
military service, about the year 313, he was baptized, and became a
disciple of the hermit Palamon, under whose exacting guidance he increased
in virtue and grace, and reached such a height of holiness that
"because of the purity of his heart," says his biographer, "he was, as it
were, seeing the invisible God as in a mirror." His renown spread far,
and so many came to him to be his disciples that he founded nine
monasteries in all, filled with many thousands of monks, to whom he gave a
rule of life, which became the pattern for all communal monasticism
after him. While Saint Anthony the Great is the father of hermits,
Saint Pachomios is the founder of the cenobitic life in Egypt; because
Pachomios had founded a way of monasticism accessible to so many, Anthony
said that he "walks the way of the Apostles." Saint Pachomios fell
asleep in the Lord before his contemporaries Anthony and Athanasius the
Great, in the year 346. His name in Coptic, Pachom, means "eagle."
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the First Tone
Thou didst prove a chief pastor of the Chief Shepherd, Christ, guiding
the flocks of monastics unto the heavenly fold, whence thou learntest
of the habit and the way of life that doth befit ascetic ranks;
having taught this to thy monks, thou now dancest and rejoicest with
them in heavenly dwellings, O great Pachomios, our Father and guide.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Since thou hadst shown forth the life of the Angels while in a body, O
God-bearing Pachomios, thou wast also counted worthy of their glory; and with
them thou standest before the Lord's throne, interceding that divine
forgiveness be granted unto all.
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Achilles, Bishop of Larissa
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Achilles was one of the 318 God-bearing Fathers who were present
at the First Ecumenical Council; after returning to Larissa he cast
down many pagan temples, delivered many from the demons, and raised up
churches to the glory of God. He reposed about the middle of the fourth
century.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
The truth of things hath revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of
faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance; for this cause,
thou hast achieved the heights by humility, riches by poverty. O
Father and Hierarch Achilles, intercede with Christ God that our souls
be saved.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Let us all praise with hymns and songs divine Achilles, the brightly
shining and unwaning star of all the world, who is Larissa's unsleeping
and loving shepherd. Let us cry to him: Since thou hast boldness
with the Lord, do thou rescue us from every raging storm of life, that
we may cry to thee: Rejoice, O Father Achilles.
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Apolytikion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Kontakion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Sunday, May 15, 2011
Readings for today:
Luke 24:13-35
Acts of the Apostles 9:32-42
John 5:1-15
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
Sunday of the Paralytic
Pachomios the Great Martyr
Achilles, Bishop of Larissa
Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra
Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker
Orthros Gospel Reading
The reading is from Luke 24:13-35
At that time, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus,
about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all
these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing
together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were
kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What is this
conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they
stood still looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
"Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things
that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them, "What
things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a
prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how
our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to
death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem
Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this
happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the
tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; and they came
back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that
he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and
found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he
said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should
suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses
and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures
the things concerning himself.
So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He
appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with
us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he
went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the
bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes
were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their
sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while
he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?"
And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they
found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who
said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they
told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in
the breaking of the bread.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 9:32-42
IN THOSE DAYS, as Peter went here and there among them all, he came
down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man
named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed.
And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make
your bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and
Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a
disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and
acts of charity. In those days she fell sick and died; and when they
had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near
Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him
entreating him, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went
with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All
the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other
garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put them all
outside and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said,
"Tabitha, rise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat
up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the
saints and widows he presented her alive. And it became known throughout
all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from John 5:1-15
At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem
by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five
porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed,
waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down
at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water; whoever
stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatever
disease he had. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight
years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long
time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered
him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is
troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to
him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." And at once the man was
healed, and he took up his pallet and walked.
Now that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was
cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your
pallet." But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Take up
your pallet, and walk.' "They asked him, "Who is the man who said to
you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed
did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a
crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said
to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall
you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had
healed him.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Sunday of the Paralytic
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Close to the Sheep's in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which was called
the Sheep's Pool. It had round about it five porches, that is, five
sets of pillars supporting a domed roof. Under this roof there lay
very many sick people with various maladies, awaiting the moving of
the water. The first to step in after the troubling of the water was
healed immediately of whatever malady he had.
It was there that the paralytic of today's Gospel way lying,
tormented by his infirmity of thirty-eight years. When Christ beheld him,
He asked him, "Wilt thou be made whole?" And he answered with a
quiet and meek voice, "Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled,
to put me into the pool." The Lord said unto him, "Rise, take up
thy bed, and walk." And straightaway the man was made whole and took
up his bed. Walking in the presence of all, he departed rejoicing
to his own house. According to the expounders of the Gospels, the
Lord Jesus healed this paralytic during the days of the Passover, when
He had gone to Jerusalem for the Feast, and dwelt there teaching and
working miracles. According to Saint John the Evangelist, this miracle
took place on the Sabbath.
Kontakion in the Third Tone
I am grievously paralyzed in a multitude of sins and wrongful
deeds. As You raised up the paralytic of old, also raise up my soul by
Your divine guidance, that I may cry out, "Glory to Your Power O
Compassionate Christ."
This content is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved:
Reading (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Kontakion (c) Narthex Press
Pachomios the Great Martyr
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Pachomios was born of pagan parents in the Upper Thebaid of
Egypt. He was conscripted into the Roman army at an early age. While
quartered with the other soldiers in the prison in Thebes, Pachomios was
astonished at the kindness shown them by the local Christians, who relieved
their distress by bringing them food and drink. Upon inquiring who they
were, he believed in Christ and vowed that once delivered from the
army, he would serve Him all the days of his life. Released from
military service, about the year 313, he was baptized, and became a
disciple of the hermit Palamon, under whose exacting guidance he increased
in virtue and grace, and reached such a height of holiness that
"because of the purity of his heart," says his biographer, "he was, as it
were, seeing the invisible God as in a mirror." His renown spread far,
and so many came to him to be his disciples that he founded nine
monasteries in all, filled with many thousands of monks, to whom he gave a
rule of life, which became the pattern for all communal monasticism
after him. While Saint Anthony the Great is the father of hermits,
Saint Pachomios is the founder of the cenobitic life in Egypt; because
Pachomios had founded a way of monasticism accessible to so many, Anthony
said that he "walks the way of the Apostles." Saint Pachomios fell
asleep in the Lord before his contemporaries Anthony and Athanasius the
Great, in the year 346. His name in Coptic, Pachom, means "eagle."
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the First Tone
Thou didst prove a chief pastor of the Chief Shepherd, Christ, guiding
the flocks of monastics unto the heavenly fold, whence thou learntest
of the habit and the way of life that doth befit ascetic ranks;
having taught this to thy monks, thou now dancest and rejoicest with
them in heavenly dwellings, O great Pachomios, our Father and guide.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Since thou hadst shown forth the life of the Angels while in a body, O
God-bearing Pachomios, thou wast also counted worthy of their glory; 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
Achilles, Bishop of Larissa
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Achilles was one of the 318 God-bearing Fathers who were present
at the First Ecumenical Council; after returning to Larissa he cast
down many pagan temples, delivered many from the demons, and raised up
churches to the glory of God. He reposed about the middle of the fourth
century.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
The truth of things hath revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of
faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance; for this cause,
thou hast achieved the heights by humility, riches by poverty. O
Father and Hierarch Achilles, intercede with Christ God that our souls
be saved.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Let us all praise with hymns and songs divine Achilles, the brightly
shining and unwaning star of all the world, who is Larissa's unsleeping
and loving shepherd. Let us cry to him: Since thou hast boldness
with the Lord, do thou rescue us from every raging storm of life, that
we may cry to thee: Rejoice, O Father Achilles.
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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