Sunday, June 26, 2011

Greek Orthodox Church Daily Readings For Sunday, 26 June

From goarch.com:

Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Sunday, June 26, 2011




Fast Day (Fish Allowed)



Readings for today:



Mark 16:1-8

St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16

Matthew 4:18-23



Feasts and Saints celebrated today:



2nd Sunday of Matthew

David the Righteous of Thessalonika

Appearance of the Icon of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin





Orthros Gospel Reading



The reading is from Mark 16:1-8



When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of

James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint

Jesus. 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 any one, for they were afraid.



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Epistle Reading



The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16



Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew

first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have

sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who

have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not

the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of

the law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do

by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even

though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is

written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and

their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day

when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ

Jesus.



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Gospel Reading



The reading is from Matthew 4:18-23



At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two

brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net

into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow

me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their

nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other

brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with

Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately

they left their boat and their father, and followed him. And he went

about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the

gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity

among the people.



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2nd Sunday of Matthew



Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Tone

Resurrectional Kontakion in the First Tone

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

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David the Righteous of Thessalonika



Reading from the Synaxarion:



Saint David, who was from Thessalonica, lived a most holy and ascetical

life. For some years, he took up his dwelling in the branches of an

almond tree, exposed to all the elements and extremes of the weather. He

reposed in peace during the reign of Saint Justinian the Great, in the

sixth century.



Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone

In thee the image was preserved with exactness, O Father; for

taking

up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thy deeds thou

didst

teach us to overlook the flesh, for it passeth away, but to attend

to

the soul since it is immortal. Wherefore, O righteous David,

thy

spirit rejoiceth with the Angels.



Kontakion in the Second Tone


An Angel on earth, and stranger to all earthly things, thou madest

a

tree thy dwelling like an eagle's nest, whence, O David, thou

didst

soar up to Heaven, where thou didst find that Tree which in Eden

we

lost of old. Remember us all, who keep thy memory.







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Appearance of the Icon of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin



Reading from the Synaxarion:



According to one tradition, this icon was painted by Saint Luke the

Evangelist. It was formerly situated in the famous Church of Blachernae in

Constantinople. In 1383, it appeared upon the waters of Lake Ladoga, whence it

travelled miraculously through the air to the city of Tikhvin; there, it

remained by the River Tikhvinka, and a monastery was built to shelter the

icon. In 1613-14 this monastery miraculously withstood the many attacks

of the Swedish invaders. In the early twentieth century it was

brought to America and was returned to Russia in 2004. The holy icon is

renowned for a great many miracles wrought through it by the all-holy

Mother of God, especially for the healing of children.



Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone

Today thy most venerable icon, O Lady, hath shone in Heaven upon

us

like a most brilliant sun, enlightening the world with rays of

mercy,

which great Russia and America received from on high most reverently

as

a divine gift, and they glorify thee, O Mother of God, as the

Queen

of all, and joyfully magnify Christ our God Who was born of

thee.

Pray to Christ, O our Lady and Queen, O Theotokos, that He keep

all

Christians unharmed by all assaults of the enemy, and that He save them

that

venerate His divine image and thy pure icon with faith, O Virgin

who

knewest not wedlock.

Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone


Let us run, O ye peoples, to the Virgin Queen, the

Theotokos,

thanking Christ our God; and gazing tenderly at her miraculous icon,

let

us fall down and cry to her: O Lady Mary, having visited this

land

by the wonderous appearance of thy venerable icon, keep

all

Christians in peace and prosperity, and make them heirs of the

heavenly

life; for to thee we cry with faith: Rejoice, O Virgin, salvation

of

the world.







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