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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Thursday, May 12, 2011
Readings for today:
Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39
John 6:40-44
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
3rd Thursday after Pascha
Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39
IN THOSE DAYS, an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go
toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza."
This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian,
a eunuch, a minister of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in
charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was
returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the
Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to
him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, "Do you
understand what you are reading?" And he said, "How can I, unless some one
guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the
passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led
to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he opens
not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can
describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth." And the
eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, pray, does the prophet say this,
about himself or about some one else?" Then Philip opened his mouth,
and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus.
And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the
eunuch said, "See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?"
And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into
the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they
came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip; and
the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from John 6:40-44
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "For this is the will of
my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him
should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day." The
Jews then murmured at him, because he said, "I am the bread which came
down from heaven." They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down
from heaven'?" Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I
will raise him up at the last day."
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Epiphanius was born about 310 in Besanduc, a village of
Palestine, of Jewish parents who were poor and tillers of the soil. In his
youth he came to faith in Christ and was baptized with his sister,
after which he distributed all he had to the poor and became a monk,
being a younger contemporary of Saint Hilarion the Great (see Oct. 21),
whom he knew. He also visited the renowned monks of Egypt to learn
their ways. Because the fame of his virtue had spread, many in Egypt
desired to make him a bishop; when he learned of this, he fled, returning
to Palestine. But after a time he learned that the bishops there
also intended to consecrate him to a widowed bishopric, and he fled to
Cyprus. In Paphos he met Saint Hilarion, who told him to go to
Constantia, a city of Cyprus also called Salamis. Epiphanius answered that he
preferred to take ship for Gaza, which, despite Saint Hilarion's
admonitions, he did. But a contrary wind brought the ship to Constantia where,
by the providence of God, Epiphanius fell into the hands of bishops
who had come together to elect a successor to the newly-departed
Bishop of Constantia, and the venerable Epiphanius was at last
constrained to be consecrated, about the year 367. He was fluent in Hebrew,
Egyptian, Syriac, Greek, and Latin, and because of this he was called
"Five-tongued." He had the gift of working miracles, and was held in such
reverence by all, that although he was a known enemy of heresy, he was well
nigh the only eminent bishop that the Arians did not dare to drive
into exile when the Emperor Valens persecuted the Orthodox about the
year 371. Having tended his flock in a manner pleasing to God, and
guarded it undefiled from every heresy, he reposed about the year 403,
having lived for ninety-three years. Among his sacred writings, the one
that is held in special esteem is the Panarion (from the Latin
Panarium, that is, "Bread-box,") containing the proofs of the truth of the
Faith, and an examination of eighty heresies.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O God of our Fathers, ever dealing with us according to Thy
gentleness: take not Thy mercy from us, but by their entreaties guide our
life in peace.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Let us the faithful duly praise the most wondrous and sacred pair of
hierarchs, even Germanos together with the godly Epiphanios; for these
righteous Saints of God burned the tongues of the godless with the sacred
teachings which they most wisely expounded to all those who in Orthodox
belief do ever hymn the great myst'ry of piety.
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Apolytikion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Kontakion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Germanos, who was from Constantinople, was born to an illustrious
family, the son of Justinian the Patrician. First he became Metropolitan
of Cyzicus; in 715 he was elevated to the throne of Constantinople;
but because of his courageous resistance to Leo the Isaurian's
impious decree which inaugurated the war upon the holy icons, he was
exiled from his throne in 715. He lived the rest of his life in privacy,
and reposed about 740, full of days. The fore-most of his writings is
that which deals with the Six Ecumenical Councils. He wrote many hymns
also, as is apparent from the titles of many stichera and idiomela,
among which are those for the Feast of the Meeting in the Temple.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O God of our Fathers, ever dealing with us according to Thy
gentleness: take not Thy mercy from us, but by their entreaties guide our
life in peace.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Let us the faithful duly praise the most wondrous and sacred pair of
hierarchs, even Germanos together with the godly Epiphanios; for these
righteous Saints of God burned the tongues of the godless with the sacred
teachings which they most wisely expounded to all those who in Orthodox
belief do ever hymn the great myst'ry of piety.
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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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Thursday, May 12, 2011
Readings for today:
Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39
John 6:40-44
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
3rd Thursday after Pascha
Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera
Epistle Reading
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39
IN THOSE DAYS, an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go
toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza."
This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian,
a eunuch, a minister of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in
charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was
returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the
Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to
him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, "Do you
understand what you are reading?" And he said, "How can I, unless some one
guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the
passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led
to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he opens
not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can
describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth." And the
eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, pray, does the prophet say this,
about himself or about some one else?" Then Philip opened his mouth,
and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus.
And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the
eunuch said, "See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?"
And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into
the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they
came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip; and
the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from John 6:40-44
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "For this is the will of
my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him
should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day." The
Jews then murmured at him, because he said, "I am the bread which came
down from heaven." They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down
from heaven'?" Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I
will raise him up at the last day."
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Epiphanius was born about 310 in Besanduc, a village of
Palestine, of Jewish parents who were poor and tillers of the soil. In his
youth he came to faith in Christ and was baptized with his sister,
after which he distributed all he had to the poor and became a monk,
being a younger contemporary of Saint Hilarion the Great (see Oct. 21),
whom he knew. He also visited the renowned monks of Egypt to learn
their ways. Because the fame of his virtue had spread, many in Egypt
desired to make him a bishop; when he learned of this, he fled, returning
to Palestine. But after a time he learned that the bishops there
also intended to consecrate him to a widowed bishopric, and he fled to
Cyprus. In Paphos he met Saint Hilarion, who told him to go to
Constantia, a city of Cyprus also called Salamis. Epiphanius answered that he
preferred to take ship for Gaza, which, despite Saint Hilarion's
admonitions, he did. But a contrary wind brought the ship to Constantia where,
by the providence of God, Epiphanius fell into the hands of bishops
who had come together to elect a successor to the newly-departed
Bishop of Constantia, and the venerable Epiphanius was at last
constrained to be consecrated, about the year 367. He was fluent in Hebrew,
Egyptian, Syriac, Greek, and Latin, and because of this he was called
"Five-tongued." He had the gift of working miracles, and was held in such
reverence by all, that although he was a known enemy of heresy, he was well
nigh the only eminent bishop that the Arians did not dare to drive
into exile when the Emperor Valens persecuted the Orthodox about the
year 371. Having tended his flock in a manner pleasing to God, and
guarded it undefiled from every heresy, he reposed about the year 403,
having lived for ninety-three years. Among his sacred writings, the one
that is held in special esteem is the Panarion (from the Latin
Panarium, that is, "Bread-box,") containing the proofs of the truth of the
Faith, and an examination of eighty heresies.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O God of our Fathers, ever dealing with us according to Thy
gentleness: take not Thy mercy from us, but by their entreaties guide our
life in peace.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Let us the faithful duly praise the most wondrous and sacred pair of
hierarchs, even Germanos together with the godly Epiphanios; for these
righteous Saints of God burned the tongues of the godless with the sacred
teachings which they most wisely expounded to all those who in Orthodox
belief do ever hymn the great myst'ry of piety.
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
Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Germanos, who was from Constantinople, was born to an illustrious
family, the son of Justinian the Patrician. First he became Metropolitan
of Cyzicus; in 715 he was elevated to the throne of Constantinople;
but because of his courageous resistance to Leo the Isaurian's
impious decree which inaugurated the war upon the holy icons, he was
exiled from his throne in 715. He lived the rest of his life in privacy,
and reposed about 740, full of days. The fore-most of his writings is
that which deals with the Six Ecumenical Councils. He wrote many hymns
also, as is apparent from the titles of many stichera and idiomela,
among which are those for the Feast of the Meeting in the Temple.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O God of our Fathers, ever dealing with us according to Thy
gentleness: take not Thy mercy from us, but by their entreaties guide our
life in peace.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Let us the faithful duly praise the most wondrous and sacred pair of
hierarchs, even Germanos together with the godly Epiphanios; for these
righteous Saints of God burned the tongues of the godless with the sacred
teachings which they most wisely expounded to all those who in Orthodox
belief do ever hymn the great myst'ry of piety.
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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