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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Strict Fast
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:13-25
Matthew 7:21-23
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
2nd Wednesday after Pentecost
Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas of Philadelphia
Anastasios the Serbian
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:13-25
BRETHREN, the promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should
inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the
righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the
heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath,
but where there is no law there is no transgression. That is why it
depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be
guaranteed to all his descendants -- not only to the adherents of the law
but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the
father of us all, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many
nations" -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life
to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father
of many nations; as he had been told, "So shall your descendants
be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which
was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or when
he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him
waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as
he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what
he had promised. That is why his faith was "reckoned to him as
righteousness." But the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his
sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe
in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was put to
death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Matthew 7:21-23
The Lord said, "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall
enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who
is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we
not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do
many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I
never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'"
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
Reading from the Synaxarion:
After the expulsion of Eudoxius from the see of Antioch, the Arians of
Antioch, believing that Meletius of Armenia would uphold their doctrines,
petitioned the Emperor Constantius to appoint Meletius Bishop of Antioch,
while signing a document jointly with the Orthodox of Antioch,
unanimously agreeing to Meletius' appointment (see Feb. 12); this document
was entrusted to Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata. Meletius, however,
after his Orthodoxy became apparent, was banished, and the Arians
persuaded Constantius to demand the document back from Eusebius, as it
convicted their perfidy. Imperial officers were sent; Eusebius refused to
surrender the document without the consent of all who had signed it; the
officers returned to the Emperor, who furiously sent them back to Eusebius
with threats. But so great a zealot for the true Faith, so staunch an
enemy of the Arians, so fearless a man of valor was Saint Eusebius,
that when Constantius' officers arrived, threatening to cut off his
right hand unless he surrendered the document, Eusebius held out both
hands. When Constantius learned of it, he was struck with astonishment
and admiration.
This took place in 361, the last year of the reign of Constantius; he
was succeeded by Julian the Apostate, who was slain in Persia in 363;
Jovian succeeded Julian, and Valentinian succeeded Jovian in 364, making
his brother Valens Emperor of the East. Valens, who supported the
Arians, exiled Eusebius to Thrace in 374. The bearer of the edict of
Eusebius' banishment arrived in the evening; Eusebius bade him keep
silence, or else the people, learning why he had come, would drown him:
and Eusebius, though an old man, left his house alone on foot by
night. After Valens was slain at Adrianopole in 378 (see Saint Isaacius,
Aug. 3), the holy Eusebius returned from exile under the Emperor
Gratian, and he ordained for the churches of Syria men known for their
virtue and Orthodoxy. About the year 380, as he was entering a certain
village to enthrone its bishop, whom he had consecrated, an Arian woman
threw a clay tile from the roof, and it crushed his head; as he was
dying, he bound the bystanders with oaths that they not take the least
vengeance. Saint Gregory the Theologian addressed several letters to him (PG
37:87, 91, 126-130); he had such reverence for him, that in one letter
to him, commending himself to Saint Eusebius' prayers, he said,
"That such a man should deign to be my patron also in his prayers will
gain for me, I am persuaded, as much strength as I should have gained
through one of the holy martyrs.
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 Eusebius. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be
saved.
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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Strict Fast
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:13-25
Matthew 7:21-23
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
2nd Wednesday after Pentecost
Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas of Philadelphia
Anastasios the Serbian
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:13-25
BRETHREN, the promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should
inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the
righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the
heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath,
but where there is no law there is no transgression. That is why it
depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be
guaranteed to all his descendants -- not only to the adherents of the law
but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the
father of us all, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many
nations" -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life
to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father
of many nations; as he had been told, "So shall your descendants
be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which
was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or when
he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him
waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as
he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what
he had promised. That is why his faith was "reckoned to him as
righteousness." But the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his
sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe
in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was put to
death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Matthew 7:21-23
The Lord said, "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall
enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who
is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we
not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do
many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I
never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'"
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
Reading from the Synaxarion:
After the expulsion of Eudoxius from the see of Antioch, the Arians of
Antioch, believing that Meletius of Armenia would uphold their doctrines,
petitioned the Emperor Constantius to appoint Meletius Bishop of Antioch,
while signing a document jointly with the Orthodox of Antioch,
unanimously agreeing to Meletius' appointment (see Feb. 12); this document
was entrusted to Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata. Meletius, however,
after his Orthodoxy became apparent, was banished, and the Arians
persuaded Constantius to demand the document back from Eusebius, as it
convicted their perfidy. Imperial officers were sent; Eusebius refused to
surrender the document without the consent of all who had signed it; the
officers returned to the Emperor, who furiously sent them back to Eusebius
with threats. But so great a zealot for the true Faith, so staunch an
enemy of the Arians, so fearless a man of valor was Saint Eusebius,
that when Constantius' officers arrived, threatening to cut off his
right hand unless he surrendered the document, Eusebius held out both
hands. When Constantius learned of it, he was struck with astonishment
and admiration.
This took place in 361, the last year of the reign of Constantius; he
was succeeded by Julian the Apostate, who was slain in Persia in 363;
Jovian succeeded Julian, and Valentinian succeeded Jovian in 364, making
his brother Valens Emperor of the East. Valens, who supported the
Arians, exiled Eusebius to Thrace in 374. The bearer of the edict of
Eusebius' banishment arrived in the evening; Eusebius bade him keep
silence, or else the people, learning why he had come, would drown him:
and Eusebius, though an old man, left his house alone on foot by
night. After Valens was slain at Adrianopole in 378 (see Saint Isaacius,
Aug. 3), the holy Eusebius returned from exile under the Emperor
Gratian, and he ordained for the churches of Syria men known for their
virtue and Orthodoxy. About the year 380, as he was entering a certain
village to enthrone its bishop, whom he had consecrated, an Arian woman
threw a clay tile from the roof, and it crushed his head; as he was
dying, he bound the bystanders with oaths that they not take the least
vengeance. Saint Gregory the Theologian addressed several letters to him (PG
37:87, 91, 126-130); he had such reverence for him, that in one letter
to him, commending himself to Saint Eusebius' prayers, he said,
"That such a man should deign to be my patron also in his prayers will
gain for me, I am persuaded, as much strength as I should have gained
through one of the holy martyrs.
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 Eusebius. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be
saved.
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Reading (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
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