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2025 |
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On Wednesday | October 29 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Wednesday of the 21st Week |
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians. |
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Col. 1:18 – 23 |
Brethren, Christ is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that you continue in the fight, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Wednesday of the 6th Week of Luke |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke. |
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Lk. 11:9 – 13 |
The Lord said to his disciples, “Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the good Spirit to those who ask 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 October 29, we commemorate the holy monastic martyr Anastasia the Roman. |
On this day we commemorate our devout father Abramius and his niece Maria. |
On this day we commemorate the holy martyrs Cyril, Menas and Menaeus. |
On this day St. Savas the Commander died when he was run through from front and behind. |
On this day we commemorate our devout mother Anna who was known as Euphemianus. |
On this day we commemorate the holy martyr Melitene. |
We commemorate the holy new hieromartyr Athanasius of Attaleia, Sparta, who witnessed in Mountania in the year 1653. |
We also commemorate the new monastic martyr Timothy, a monk of Esfigmenou Monastery (on Mt. Athos). |
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Strict: Refrain from meat, fish, oil, dairy, and eggs. |
It is a Wednesday or Friday. |