Monday January 26, 2026 / January 13, 2026
34th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade (315).
Venerable Irinarch of Rostov (1616).
Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island at Solovki (1656).
Martyr Peter of Anium, at Eleutheropolis (1st c.).
Venerable James, bishop of Nisibis (350).
Venerable Maximus of Kapsokalyvia Skete, Mt. Athos (1364) (Greek).
Martyr Athanasius.
St. Hilary, bishop of Poitiers (369).
Martyrs Pachomius and Papyrinus in Greece (Greek).
The Scripture Readings
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For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
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Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
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who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
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who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed.
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For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,
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when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.
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Do not let your adornment be merely outward-arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel-
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rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
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For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,
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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
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Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
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Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
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not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
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Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words.
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When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
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Shall we pay, or shall we not pay? But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.”
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So they brought it. And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
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And Jesus answered and said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at Him.
Romans 8:28-39 Epistle, Holy Fathers Slain at Sinai and Raithu
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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
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For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
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What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
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Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
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Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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As it is written:”For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
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Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
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nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Luke 6:17-23 Gospel, Holy Fathers Slain at Sinai and Raithu
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And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases,
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as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed.
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And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.
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Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God.
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Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.
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Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.
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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
The Commemoration of the Holy Fathers Slain at Sinai and Raithu is transferred to this day.