Saturday, February 4, 2012

Greek Orthodox Church in America Daily Scripture Readings for Saturday, 4 February 2012

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Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Saturday, February 4, 2012

Readings for today:

    St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:11-19
    Luke 18:2-8

Feasts and Saints celebrated today:

      Saturday of Publican and Pharisee 
    Isidore of Pelusium
    Nicholas the Confessor
    Hieromartyr Abramius
    John the Righteous, Bishop of Irinopolis
    Theodosios the Righteous
    Joseph the New Martyr of Aleppo
    Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple


Epistle Reading

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:11-19

TIMOTHY, my son, the saying is sure: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful - for he cannot deny himself.

Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Avoid such godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will eat its way like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaios and Philetos, who have swerved from the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some. But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."

    (c) 2012 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Gospel Reading

The reading is from Luke 18:2-8

The Lord said this parable, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Vindicate me against my adversary.' For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" And the Lord said, "Hear, what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily."

    (c) 2012 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America


Isidore of Pelusium

Reading from the Synaxarion:

This Saint was from Alexandria and was a disciple of Saint John Chrysostom.  He struggled in asceticism in a monastery at Mount Pelusium, and became abbot of the monks struggling in that monastery.  He wrote a great many epistles replete with divine grace, wisdom, and much profit.  Over 2,000 of them are preserved in Volume 78 of Migne's Patrologia Graeca (PG 78:177-1646); according to some, he wrote over 3,000 epistles, according to others, 10,000.  He reposed on February 4, 440.

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 Isidore, thy spirit rejoiceth with the Angels.


Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
O All-Blessed Isidore, the Church hath found thee as another morning star; and with the lightning of thy words she is illumined and crieth out:  Rejoice, O ven'rable Father of godly mind.


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Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple

Apolytikion in the First Tone
Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, O Virgin Theotokos, for from thee hath risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, enlightening those in darkness.  Rejoice, thou also, O righteous Elder, as thou receivest in thine arms the Redeemer of our souls, Who also granteth unto us the Resurrection.


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