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On Monday | November 17 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Monday of the 24th Week |
The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians. |
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1 Th. 2:20 – 3:8 |
Brethren, you are our glory and joy. Therefore, when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s minister and our coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you in your faith and to exhort you, that no one be moved by these afflictions. You yourselves know that this is to be our lot. For when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction; just as it has come to pass, and as you know. For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent that I might know your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain. But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you — for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith; for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Monday of the 9th Week of Luke |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke. |
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Lk. 14:1, 12 – 15 |
At that time, Jesus went to dine on the Sabbath at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees. And he said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” [RSV] |
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The Readings for the Commemoration |
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The Epistle |
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For the Saint. |
The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. |
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1 Cor. 12:7 – 11 |
Brethren, to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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For the Saint. |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. |
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Mt. 10:1, 5 – 8 |
At that time, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay.” [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 November 17, we commemorate our father among the saints Gregory the Wonder-worker, Bishop of Neocaesarea. |
On this day we also commemorate devout Saint Lazarus the Confessor, the Iconographer. |
On this day we also commemorate devout Saints Zacharias the Leather-worker and John. We also relate an edifying story. |
On this day devout Saint Longinus died in peace. |
On this day Saint Gennadios, Patriarch of Constantinople, died in peace. |
On this day Saint Maximos, Patriarch of Constantinople, died in peace. |
On this day devout Saint Justin died in peace. |
Devout Saint Gennadios, who lived as a monk in the Monastery of Vatopedi and served as its cellarer, and who was counted worthy to see an empty container overflowing with oil by a miracle of the Theotokos, died in peace. |
By their holy intercessions, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fish: fish, oil and wine are allowed. Refrain from meat, dairy and eggs. |
It is the Christmas fast. |