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2026 |
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On Friday | September 25 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Friday of the 17th Week |
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. |
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Eph. 4:17 – 25 |
Brethren, this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the other Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds; they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart; they have become callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of uncleanness. You did not so learn Christ! — assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus. Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, putting away falsehood, let every one speak the truth. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Friday of the 1st Week of Luke |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke. |
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Lk. 4:22 – 30 |
At that time, the crowds wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of Jesus’ mouth; and they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here also in your own country.’” And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha; and none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian.” When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went away. [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 25, we commemorate our devout mother Euphrosyne, daughter of Paphnutius the Egyptian. |
On this day we commemorate the holy martyr Paphnutius. |
On this day we remember the massive earthquake [in Constantinople], during which a child was wondrously caught up into the air [and heard the Thrice-holy Hymn]. |
On this day we commemorate the holy martyrs Paul, Tatta and their children Sabinian, Maximus, Rufus and Eugene. |
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. |