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On Thursday | November 5 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Thursday of the 23rd Week |
The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians. |
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1 Th. 2:9 – 14 |
Brethren, remember our labor and toil; we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our behavior to you believers; for you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Thursday of the 7th Week of Luke |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke. |
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Lk. 11:47 – 54; 12:1 |
The Lord said to the Jews who had come to him, “Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.” As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things, lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say. In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” [RSV] |
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The Readings for the Commemoration |
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The Epistle |
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For the Martyrs. |
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews. |
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Heb. 10:32 – 38 |
Brethren, recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one in heaven. Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised. “For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry; but my righteous one shall live by faith.” [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 5, we commemorate the holy martyrs Galaction and Epistimi. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Apostles of the Seventy, Hermas, Patrobas, Linus, Gaius, and Philologos. |
On this day, St. Domninos died by fire. |
On this day, Sts. Timothy, Theophilos, and Theotimos were pummeled to death. |
On this day, St. Dorotheos died when he was delivered to wild animals. |
On this day, Sts. Efpsychios and Karterios died after being castrated. |
On this day, St. Silvan died after he was thrown into a mine. |
On this day, St. Pamphilos died after he was flayed alive and imprisoned. |
On this day we commemorate our devout father Gregory the Confessor, Archbishop of Alexandria. |
On this day, St. Agathangelos died by the sword. |
On this day we commemorate the holy hieromartyr Castor the Bishop. |
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fast Free: All foods allowed. |