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On Monday | June 2 |
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2025 |
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June 2 |
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Memory of St. Nikephoros Archbishop of Constantinople |
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The Readings from Vespers the Previous Evening |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Monday of the 7th Week |
The reading is from the Acts of the Apostles. |
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Acts 21:8 – 14 |
In those days, the apostles departed and came to Caesarea; and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. And he had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied. While we were staying for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us he took Paul’s girdle and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “The will of the Lord be done.” [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Monday of the 7th Week |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John. |
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Jn. 14:27 – 15:7 |
The Lord said to his disciples, “Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I said, ‘I go to the Father’; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me; but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go hence. I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.” [RSV] |
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The Readings for the Commemoration |
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Memory of St. Nikephoros Archbishop of Constantinople |
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The Epistle |
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For the Saint. |
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews. |
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Heb. 8:1 – 6 |
Brethren, we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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For the Saint. |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke. |
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Lk. 12:8 – 12 |
The Lord said to his disciples, “Every one who acknowledges me before men, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the angels of God; but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. And every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” [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 June 2 we commemorate our Father among the Saints Nikiphoros the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople. |
On this day the holy thirty-eight Martyrs, died by being placed in a bath-house with the door sealed. |
On this day a holy Mother and her three children died by the sword. |
The monastic Hieromartyr Erasmus reposed in peace in the town of Hermelia in Ohrid. |
The twenty thousand that believed in Christ because of Saint Erasmus died by the sword. |
The Holy New-Martyr John, who witnessed in Asprokastro in the year 1492 died by the sword. |
The Holy New-Martyr Demetrios who witnessed in Philadelphia in the year 1657 died by the knife. |
By their holy intercessions, Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fast Free: All foods allowed. |