Thursday July 16, 2026 / July 3, 2026
7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.
Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
Translation of the relics (1652) of Hieromartyr Philip, metropolitan of Moscow (1569).
New Hieromartyr Anthony, archbishop of Archangelsk (1931).
Uncovering of the relics of Sylvester, bishop of Omsk (2005).
Venerable Anatolius, of the Near Caves in Kiev (12th c.).
St. Anatolius (another) recluse of the Far Caves in Kiev (13th c.).
Holy Princes Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257) of Yaroslavl.
Repose of St. Basil, bishop of Ryazan (1295).
Venerables John and Longinus, wonderworkers of Yarenga (Solovki) (1544-45).
Blessed John of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1589).
0Venerable Nicodemus, abbot of Kozha Lake (1640).
Martyrs Diomedes, Eulampius, Asclepiodotus, and Golinduc of Caesarea in Cappadocia (108).
Martyrs Mocius (Mucian) and Mark (4th c.).
Venerable Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (430).
St. Anatolius, patriarch of Constantinople (458).
Venerable Isaiah the Solitary of Seeds and Palestine (370).
Blessed Michael, Herodion, Basil, and Thomas, fools-for-Christ of Solvychegodsk (17th c.).
St. Germanus, bishop of the Isle of Man and enlightener of Peel, nephew of St. Patrick of Ireland (5th c.) (Celtic & British).
Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with St. Hyacinth (Greek).
Venerable Gerasimus the New of Carpenision (1812) (Greek).
St. Claudianus, patriarch of Alexandria (167).
St. Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea, and his successor, St. Eusebius (3rd c.).
St. Symeon, the third stylite of Cilicia (6th c.).
St. George the God-bearer of the Black Mountain, teacher of St. George of Mt. Athos (10th c.)
St. Basil, archbishop of Novgorod (1352).
The Scripture Readings
Luke 6:17-23 Matins Gospel
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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,
18
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.
20
Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God.
21
Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.
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Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.
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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
1 Corinthians 7:24-35
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Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.
25
Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy.
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I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress-that it is good for a man to remain as he is:
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Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
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But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.
29
But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
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those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
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and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.
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But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord-how he may please the Lord.
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But he who is married cares about the things of the world-how he may please his wife.
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There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world-how she may please her husband.
35
And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
Matthew 15:12-21
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Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
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But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
14
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.
15
Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16
So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding?
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Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?
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But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.
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For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
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These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.
21
Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Hebrews 13:17-21 Hieromartyr Philip
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Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
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Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.
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But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
John 10:9-16 Hieromartyr Philip
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I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
12
But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
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The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
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As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
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And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.