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On Saturday | March 29 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Saturday of the 4th Week of Lent |
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews. |
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Heb. 6:9 – 12 |
Brethren, in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Saturday of the 4th Week of Lent |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Mark. |
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Mk. 7:31 – 37 |
At that time, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Dekapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well: he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.” [RSV] |
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Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion. |
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Synaxarion |
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From the Menaion. |
On March 29 we commemorate the holy martyrs Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, Cyril the deacon, and many others. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy martyrs Jonah, Barachisios, and the seven martyrs with them. |
On this day we also commemorate our devout father and confessor Eustathios of Bithynia. |
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Wine: Wine and oil are allowed. Refrain from meat, fish, dairy, and eggs. |
It is Saturday or Sunday in Lent. |