Impressive Piety?
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Monday December 9, 2024 / November 26, 2024
25th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven.
Nativity (St. Philip’s Fast). Fast.
Venerable Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (640).
Dedication of the Church of St. George at Kiev (1051).
Repose of St. Innocent, first bishop of Irkutsk (1731).
New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, John, Gregory and Nazarius, Basil, Basil, Ilia, Basil, Daniel, Michael priests, New Hieromartyr Tikhon (1937).
New Hieromartyr Peter (after 1937).
Venerable James the Solitary of Syria (457).
Venerable Stylianos of Paphlagonia, monk (5th – 6th c.) (Greek).
Venerable Nicon Metanoeite (“Preacher of Repentance”) of Armenia (998).
New Martyr George of Chios (1807) (Greek).
Venerables Athanasius and Theodosius of Cherepovets (1382), disciples of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
St. Silas, bishop of Persidos (Greek).
St. Peter, patriarch of Jerusalem (552).
St. Acacius of Mt. Latros (6th c.) (Greek).
The Scripture Readings
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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
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so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
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which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;
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since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,
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and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
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in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
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when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
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Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
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saying: ” ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
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And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”
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But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”
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Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,
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saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,
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and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
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