Thursday October 10, 2024 / September 27, 2024
16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six.
Martyr Callistratus and his company (49 Martyrs) of Carthage (304).
Venerable Sabbatius, wonderworker of Solovki (1435).
New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1918).
New Hieromartyrs Herman bishop of Volsk and Michael priest (1919).
Hieromartyr Peter, metropolitan of Krutitsa (1937).
New Hieromartyr Theodore priest (1937).
Apostles Mark, Aristarchus, and Zenas of the Seventy.
Martyr Epicharis of Rome (284).
Venerable Ignatius, abbot of the monastery of the Deep Stream (970).
Saint Anthimus of Iberia, metropolitan of Wallachia (1716) (Romania).
Venerables Sergius (1392) and Nikon (1426) abbots of Radonezh.
New Martyr Aquilina of Thessalonica (1764) (Greek).
St. Flavian, Archbishop of Antioch (381-404).
St. Rachel, schemanun of Borodino Convent (1928).
St. Sigebert, king of the East Angles, martyr (635) (Celtic & British).
St. Barry, disciple of St. Cadoc.
Martyr Fortunatus and Hieromartyr Philemon (Greek).
Martyr Gaiana (Greek).
25 Martyrs drowned in the sea (Greek).
The Scripture Readings
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
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just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
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having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
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to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
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In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
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which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
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having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
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Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
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And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles:
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Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
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Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot;
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Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor.
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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.
Wednesday Reading
Galatians 6:2-10
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Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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For each one shall bear his own load.
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Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.
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Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
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For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
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And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
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Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Then they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”
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And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
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But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.
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Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.
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And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.
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But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
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And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’