Monday December 1, 2025 / November 18, 2025
26th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Martyr Platon of Ancyra (266).
Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch (303).
St. Nicholas confessor, priest (1948).
Martyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeus, of Caesarea in Palestine (303).
Synaxis of All Saints of Estonia.
St. Mawes, bishop in Cornwall and Brittany (5th c.) (Celtic & British).
St. Mabyn, nun of Cornwall (Celtic & British).
New Martyrs Anastasius of Epirus and Daniel (1750) (Greek).
Martyr Romanus, who suffered under Maximian (305).
St. Odo of Cluny (942) (Gaul).
The Scripture Readings
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope,
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To Timothy, a true son in the faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
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As I urged you when I went into Macedonia-remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
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nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.
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Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
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from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
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desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.
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Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
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nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.
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Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
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And they will say to you, ‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them.
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For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
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But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.