Saturday September 19, 2026 / September 6, 2026
16th Week after Pentecost. Tone six.
Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae (Chonae) (4th c.).
Martyr Eudoxius, and with him Martyrs Zeno, Macarius, and 1,104 soldiers in Melitene (311).
New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1918).
New Hieromartyrs Constantine, John and Vsevolod priests (1937).
Venerable Archippus of Hierapolis (4th c.).
Martyrs Romulus and 11,000 others in Armenia (2nd c.).
Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna (3rd-4th c.).
Martyrs Cyriacus, Faustus, Abibus, and 11 others at Alexandria (250).
Venerable David of Hermopolis in Egypt (6th c.).
Kiev-Bratsk (1654) and Arabia Icons of the Mother of God.
Martyrs Calodote, Macarius, Andrew, Cyriacus, Dionysius, Andrew the Soldier, Andropelagia, Thecla,Theoctistus, and Sarapabon the Senator, in Egypt (256).
St. Beya, virgin, first abbess of Copeland in Cumbria (7th c.) (Celtic & British).
St. Magnus of Fussen, enlightener of the Allgau region of Germany (750-772).
The Scripture Readings
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.
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Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.
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Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake;
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for “the earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness.”
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If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake.
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But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake; for “the earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness.”
Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
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But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
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But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
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and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
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Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
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Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
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But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
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Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Hebrews 2:2-10 Epistle, Angels
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For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,
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how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
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God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
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For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.
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But one testified in a certain place, saying:”What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?
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You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
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You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.
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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
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For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Luke 10:16-21 Gospel, Angels
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He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.
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Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”
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And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.
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In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.