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On Saturday | August 30 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Saturday of the 12th Week |
The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. |
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1 Cor. 1:26 – 31; 2:1 – 5 |
Brethren, consider your call; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption; therefore, as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.” When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling; and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Saturday of the 12th Week of Matthew |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. |
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Mt. 20:29 – 34 |
At that time, as Jesus went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent; but they cried out the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, “What do you want me to do for you?” They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they received their sight and followed him. [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 August 30, we commemorate the holy Patriarchs of Constantinople Alexander, John and Paul the New. |
Today, we also commemorate devout Fantinus the miracle-worker. |
Today, we also commemorate the holy sixteen Martyrs of Thebes. |
Today, the six martyrs in Melitini died when they were thrown into the ocean. |
By the intercessions of Your saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fast Free: All foods allowed. |