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2026 |
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On Monday | September 21 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Monday of the 17th Week |
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. |
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Eph. 1:22 – 23; 2:1 – 3 |
Brethren, God has put all things under his son’s feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Monday of the 1st Week of Luke |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke. |
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Lk. 3:19 – 22 |
At that time, Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by John for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done, added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven. “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” [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 September 21 we commemorate the holy Apostle Quadratus. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Prophet Jonah. |
On this day we also commemorate our devout father St. Jonah of St. Savvas Monastery. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Efsevios. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyrs and siblings Efsevios, Nestabus, and Zeno. |
On this day we also commemorate our holy fathers Meltios and Isakios, Bishops of Cyprus. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Priskos. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy six Martyrs, lieutenants of Maximian. |
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fast Free: All foods allowed. |