Friday December 5, 2025 / November 22, 2025
26th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast).
Apostles Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon, and St. Onesimus, disciple of St. Paul (ca. 109).
Martyrdom of St. Michael, prince of Tver (1318).
New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1932).
New Hieromartyr Iosaph bishop of Mogilev, New Hieromartyrs John, Basil, Paul, Jacob, Theodore, John, Ilia, Alexis, Aphanasius priests and Hieromartyrs Gerasimus, Eutychius, Abenner, Sabbas, Mark and Martyr Boris (1937).
Venerable Paraskeva confessor (1953).
St. Yaropolk-Peter, prince of Vladimir in Volhynia (1086).
Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus at Rome (288).
Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea in Palestine (303).
Martyr Menignus at Parium (250).
Venerable Agabbas of Syria (5th c.).
Righteous Michael the Soldier of Bulgaria (866).
St. Callistus II, patriarch of Constantinople (Mt. Athos) (1397) (Greek).
St. Clement of Ochrid, bishop of Greater Macedonia (916) (Bulgaria).
St. Germanus of Eikoiphinissa in Macedonia (9th c.).
Martyrs Stephen, Mark, and Mark (another) at Antioch in Pisidia (4th c.).
Martyr Agapion of Greece (304).
The Scripture Readings
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;
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for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.
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But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness.
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For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
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Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
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Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
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So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’
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But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’
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And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
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Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’
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And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’
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And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’
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Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’
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Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.
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‘For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’
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And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
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‘Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’
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And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’
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(“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’)
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‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
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‘But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”
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When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Philemon 1:1-25 Apostles
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,
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o the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
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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, making mention of you always in my prayers,
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hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,
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that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
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For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
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Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,
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yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you-being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ-
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I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,
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who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.
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I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
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whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
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But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.
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For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,
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no longer as a slave but more than a slave-a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.
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But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.
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I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay-not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.
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Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.
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Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
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But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.
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Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
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as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Luke 10:1-15 Apostles
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After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.
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Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
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Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
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Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road.
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But whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’
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And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you.
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And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
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Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.
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And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
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But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
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‘The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.’
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But I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.
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Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
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But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
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And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.