Friday December 12, 2025 / November 29, 2025
27th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.
Nativity/St. Philip’s Fast
Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia (250).
Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus (274).
Venerable Acacius of Mt. Latros, who is mentioned in The Ladder (6th c.).
New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1941).
Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (12th c.).
St. Saturninus, martyr and bishop of Toulouse ( 257) (Gaul).
Hieromartyr Abibus, bishop of Nekressi in Georgia (6th c.) (Georgia).
St. Mardarije of Libertyville (1935) (Serbia).
Venerable Pitirim of Egypt (4th c.), disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great.
Hieromartyr Dionysius, bishop of Corinth (182).
St. Tiridates, king of Armenia (4th c.).
St. Nicholas, archbishop of Thessalonica (Greek).
Hieromartyr John of Persia (Greek).
St. Urban of Macedonia, bishop (Greek).
St. Pancosmius, monk (Greek).
St. Radboud, bishop of Utrecht (917) (Neth.).
St. Brendan of Birr (571) (Celtic and British).
The Scripture Readings
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
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To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,
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who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
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but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
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to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
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For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
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Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
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That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
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This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
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The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;
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but when he arrived in Rome, he sought me out very zealously and found me.
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The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day-and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.
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And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people -for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.
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So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.
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Then they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth:
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Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
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But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test Me?
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Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered and said, “Caesar’s.”
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And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
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But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.