Tuesday July 15, 2025 / July 2, 2025
6th Week after Pentecost. Tone four.
The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae (5th c.).
St. Photius, metropolitan of Kiev (1431).
St. Juvenal, patriarch of Jerusalem (458).
“Pozai” (17th c.), “Theodotiev” (1487) and “Akhtyr” (1739) Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos.
St. Juvenal, protomartyr of America and Alaska (1796).
Right-believing King Stephen the Great of Moldavia (1504) (Romania).
St. Monegunde of Chartres (530) (Gaul).
New Martyr Lampros of Makri (1835) (Greek).
Uncovering of the relics (2003) of New Hieromartyr Priest Sergius Florinsky of Rakvere, Estonia (1918).
Feast of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos (Georgia).
St. Oudoceus, bishop of Llandaff.
St. Swithun, bishop of Winchester.
The Scripture Readings
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Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
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To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,
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that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge,
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even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
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so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
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but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
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But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.
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So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
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He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’
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But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
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Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ‘ ”
Hebrews 9:1-7 Theotokos
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Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary.
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For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary;
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and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All,
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which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
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and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
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Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services.
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But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance;
Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 Theotokos
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Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.
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And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word.
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But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”
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And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
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But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
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And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
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But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”