Monday August 11, 2025 / July 29, 2025
10th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (250).
New Hieromartyrs Venerables Seraphim (Bogoslovsky) and Theognost (1921).
New Hieromartyr Anatole (1930-1935).
New Hieromartyr Alexis priest, and Martyr Pachomius (1938).
Venerables Constantine and Cosmas, abbots of Kosinsk (Pskov) (13th c.).
Martyr Daniel of Cherkassk (1776).
Virgin-martyr Seraphima (Serapia) of Antioch (2nd c.).
Martyr Theodota and her three sons, in Bithynia (304).
St. Lupus the Confessor, bishop of Troyes (479).
Martyr Michael (9th c.).
Martyr Eustathius of Mtskheta in Georgia (589) (Georgia).
St. Constantine, patriarch of Constantinople (676).
The Nativity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia (4th c.)
Venerable Romanus, abbot of Kirzhach (1392), disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
Translation of Velikoretsky Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Viatka to Moscow (1555).
St. Theodosius the New, emperor (450).
Martyr Mamas in Darii.
St. Olaf, king of Norway (1030) (Celtic & British).
Martyrs Benjamin and Berius of Constantinople (Greek).
Martyr Basiliscus the Elder (Greek).
Hieromartyr Bessarion of Smolyan, Bulgaria (1670).
The Scripture Readings
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Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.
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And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
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Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up-if in fact the dead do not rise.
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For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.
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And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
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Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
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If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
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Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.
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And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
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And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”
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So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.
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And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.