Tuesday July 14, 2026 / July 1, 2026
7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.
Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, martyrs at Rome.
New Hieromartyr Arcadius priest (1918).
New Hieromartyr Alexis deacon (1942).
Martyr Potitus at Naples (2nd c.).
Venerable Peter the Patrician, monk, of Constantinople (854).
St. Angelina, despotina of Serbia (16th c.).
Venerable Nicodemus of Svyatogorsk (1809).
Translation of the relics of Venerable John of Rila (946) from Turnovo to Rila (1470) (Bulgaria).
Holy Julius and Aaron, protomartyrs of Wales (ca. 304) (Celtic & British).
St. Servanus, Apostle of Western Fife of East Scotland (6th c.) (Celtic & British).
St. Leontius, bishop of Radauti in Moldavia (15th c.) (Romania).
Venerable Gallus, bishop of Clermont (551) (Gaul).
25 Martyrs in Nicomedia (Greek).
Venerable Basil, founder of the Monastery of the Deep Stream in Cappadocia (10th c.) (Greek).
Martyr Constantine the Wonderworker and those with him, of Cyprus (Greek).
St. Leo the Hermit (Greek).
St. Serf, bishop of Kinross.
St. Eparchius the Recluse of Gaul (581).
The Scripture Readings
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For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
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Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
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The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
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Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
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For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
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But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;
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but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband.
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But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
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But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.
Matthew 14:1-13
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At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus
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and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”
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For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
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Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
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And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.
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Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
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So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”
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And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her.
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So he sent and had John beheaded in prison.
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And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
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Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
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When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities.
1 Corinthians 12:27-13:8 Unmercenaries
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Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
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And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.
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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?
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Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
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But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
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And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
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And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
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Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
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does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
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does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
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bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
Matthew 10:1,5-8 Unmercenaries
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And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
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These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.
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But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
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Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.