Monday June 29, 2026 / June 16, 2026
5th Week after Pentecost. Tone three.
Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed
St. Tychon, bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (425).
Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga or Medin (1492).
Venerable Tikhon of Lukhov (1503).
Venerable Moses of Optina, founder of the Optina Skete (1862).
New Martyr Hermogenes (Germogen), bishop of Tobolsk, Euphremius, Michael and Peter priests and Martyr Constantine (1918).
Translation of the relics (2002) of St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov (1894).
Martyrs Tigrius and Eutropius of Constantinople (404).
Venerable Tikhon of Krestogorsk (Vologda).
St. Mark the Just of Apollonias, nephew of the Apostle Barnabas.
Five Martyrs of Nicomedia (Greek).
Forty Martyrs of Rome (Greek).
St. Kaikhosro the Georgian (1612) (Georgia).
St. Ismael, bishop of Menevia.
The Scripture Readings
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For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,
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so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
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Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
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Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
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Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.
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If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
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Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Matthew 12:9-13
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Now when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.
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And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”-that they might accuse Him.
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Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
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Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
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Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.