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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Saturday, June 25, 2011
Fast Day (Fish Allowed)
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:19-24
Matthew 7:1-8
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
2nd Saturday after Pentecost
Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist
Prokopios the New Martyr
Fevronia the Righteous Martyr
Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Mount Athos
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:19-24
BRETHREN, now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are
under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world
may be held accountable to God. For no human being will be justified
in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes
knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested
apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who
believe. For there is no distinction; since all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God, they are justified by his grace as a gift,
through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Matthew 7:1-8
The Lord said, "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the
judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will
be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how
can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,'
when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the
log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the
speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy; and do
not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot
and turn to attack you. Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you
will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Prophet and Forerunner of Christ God's coming to us, all we
who
with longing now extol thee are at a loss to honour thee worthily.
For thy mother's barrenness and father's long silence, by
thine
all-renowned and hallowed birth, were both ended, and the Incarnation of
the
Son of God is preached unto all the world.
Kontakion in the Third Tone
She that once was barren doth today bring forth Christ's
Forerunner,
John, the culmination and the crown of all the Prophets. For when
he,
in River Jordan, laid his hand on Him Whom the Prophets
preached
aforetime, he was revealed as God the Word's fore-chosen Prophet, His
mighty
preacher, and His Forerunner in grace.
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Fevronia the Righteous Martyr
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Martyr practiced the ascetic discipline in Nisibis of
Mesopotamia; she was of such great beauty that the report of her came to the
persecutor Selenus, and every attempt was made to make her deny Christ.
After many horrible tortures, she was cruelly dismembered by the
executioners, then beheaded, in the year 310 (or, according to some, in 302,
during the reign of Diocletian).
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 Third Tone
In ascetic discipline, thou wast made fair as a virgin; then,
O
famed Fevronia, thou shonest forth as a martyr; with thy lamp in
hand,
thou rannest unto thy Bridegroom, having watched through the night
of
martyric sufferings. And since thou art crowned in glory,
thou
intercedest for them that praise thee with faith.
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Kontakion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Saturday, June 25, 2011
Fast Day (Fish Allowed)
Readings for today:
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:19-24
Matthew 7:1-8
Feasts and Saints celebrated today:
2nd Saturday after Pentecost
Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist
Prokopios the New Martyr
Fevronia the Righteous Martyr
Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Mount Athos
Epistle Reading
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:19-24
BRETHREN, now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are
under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world
may be held accountable to God. For no human being will be justified
in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes
knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested
apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who
believe. For there is no distinction; since all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God, they are justified by his grace as a gift,
through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Gospel Reading
The reading is from Matthew 7:1-8
The Lord said, "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the
judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will
be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how
can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,'
when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the
log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the
speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy; and do
not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot
and turn to attack you. Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you
will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
(c) 2011 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Prophet and Forerunner of Christ God's coming to us, all we
who
with longing now extol thee are at a loss to honour thee worthily.
For thy mother's barrenness and father's long silence, by
thine
all-renowned and hallowed birth, were both ended, and the Incarnation of
the
Son of God is preached unto all the world.
Kontakion in the Third Tone
She that once was barren doth today bring forth Christ's
Forerunner,
John, the culmination and the crown of all the Prophets. For when
he,
in River Jordan, laid his hand on Him Whom the Prophets
preached
aforetime, he was revealed as God the Word's fore-chosen Prophet, His
mighty
preacher, and His Forerunner in grace.
This content is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved:
Apolytikion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Kontakion (c) Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
Fevronia the Righteous Martyr
Reading from the Synaxarion:
This Martyr practiced the ascetic discipline in Nisibis of
Mesopotamia; she was of such great beauty that the report of her came to the
persecutor Selenus, and every attempt was made to make her deny Christ.
After many horrible tortures, she was cruelly dismembered by the
executioners, then beheaded, in the year 310 (or, according to some, in 302,
during the reign of Diocletian).
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 Third Tone
In ascetic discipline, thou wast made fair as a virgin; then,
O
famed Fevronia, thou shonest forth as a martyr; with thy lamp in
hand,
thou rannest unto thy Bridegroom, having watched through the night
of
martyric sufferings. And since thou art crowned in glory,
thou
intercedest for them that praise thee with faith.
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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