Friday November 7, 2025 / October 25, 2025
22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four.
Fast.
Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries of Constantinople (355).
St. Matrona the Confessor of Diveyevo (1963).
Venerable Martyrius the Deacon (13th c.) and Venerable Martyrius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves.
Martyr Anastasius the Fuller at Salona in Dalmatia (3rd c.).
St. Tabitha, the widow raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter (1st c.).
St. Front, bishop of Perigueux (2nd c.) (Celtic & British).
St. George of Amastris, bishop and writer of canons (Greek).
Two Martyrs of Thrace (Greek).
St. Macarius, bishop of Paphos in Cyprus (Greek).
Sts. Philadephus and Polycarp (Greek).
Sts. Crispinus and Crispinianus, Romans, martyrs under Diocletian at Soissons (286).
Martyr Miniatus of Florence (251).
The Scripture Readings
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Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),
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and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a comfort to me.
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Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
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For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
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Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
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Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that is in his house.
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Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
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And say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”
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This salutation by my own hand-Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.
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He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
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When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
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And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
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Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.