Monday August 17, 2026 / August 4, 2026
12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.
Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Holy Seven Youths (the “Seven Sleepers”) of Ephesus: Maximilian, Jamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian (Constantine) and Antoninus (250 & 5th c.).
New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Prozgrov) (1930).
New Hieromartyr Michael, Martyrs Simeon and Demetrius (1937).
Uncovering of the relics of St. Alexis, priest of Bortsumany, Nizhni-Novgorod (2000).
Martyr Eudocia of Persia (362).
Martyr Eleutherius of Constantinople (4th c.).
Uncovering of the relics of St. Arsenius of Elasson.
“Kazan-Penza” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal to the Apostles (1779) (Greek).
Martyr Ia and 9,000 with her in Persia (Greek).
Martyr Tathuil (Greek).
The Scripture Readings
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
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Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
12
For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.
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For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;
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and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
Mark 1:9-15
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It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove.
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Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
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Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.
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And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.
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Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
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and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”