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SUMMARY:4th Tuesday after Pascha
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2026\nSaints and Feasts: 4th Tuesday after Pascha; Irene the Great Martyr; Neophytos\, Gaius\, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger; Euthymios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:21-33\nIn those days\, Peter went down to the men sent by Cornelius to him and said\, “I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for your coming?” And they said\, “Cornelius\, a centurion\, an upright and God-fearing man\, who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation\, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house\, and to hear what you have to say.” So he called them in to be his guests. The next day he rose and went off with them\, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him. And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his kinsmen and close friends. When Peter entered\, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But Peter lifted him up\, saying\, “Stand up; I too am a man.” And as he talked with him\, he went in and found many persons gathered; and he said to them\, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit any one of another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. So when I was sent for\, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me.” And Cornelius said\, “Four days ago\, about this hour\, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold\, a man stood before me in bright apparel\, saying\, ‘Cornelius\, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter; he is lodging in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by the seaside.’ So I sent to you at once\, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God\, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea\, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews’ feast of Tabernacles was at hand. So his brothers said to him\, “Leave here and go to Judea\, that your disciples may see the works you are doing. For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things\, show yourself to the world.” For even his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them\, “My time has not yet come\, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you\, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil. Go to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast\, for my time has not yet fully come.” So saying\, he remained in Galilee.\nBut after his brothers had gone up to the feast\, then he also went up\, not publicly but in private. The Jews were looking for him at the feast\, and saying\, “Where is he?” And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said\, “He is a good man\,” others said\, “No\, he is leading the people astray.” Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/4th-tuesday-after-pascha-3/
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SUMMARY:4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/06/2026\nSaints and Feasts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha – Mid-Pentecost; Job the Prophet; Our Holy Father Seraphim the Struggler of Mt. Domvu; Sophia of Kleisoura\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 14:6-18\nIn those days\, the apostles fled to Lystra and Derbe\, cities of Lycaonia\, and to the surrounding country; and there they preached the gospel. Now at Lystra there was a man sitting\, who could not use his feet; he was a cripple from birth\, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking; and Paul\, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well\, said in a loud voice\, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he sprang up and walked. And when the crowds saw what Paul had done\, they lifted up their voices\, saying in Lycaonian\, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” Barnabas they called Zeus\, and Paul\, because he was the chief speaker\, they called Hermes. And the priest of Zeus\, whose temple was in front of the city\, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it\, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude\, crying\, “Men\, why are you doing this? We also are men\, of like nature with you\, and bring you good news\, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways; yet he did not leave himself without witness\, for he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons\, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” With these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.\nGospel Reading: John 7:14-30\nAbout the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. The Jews marveled at it saying\, “How is it that this man has learning\, when he has never studied?” So Jesus answered them\, “My teaching is not mine\, but his who sent me; if any man’s will is to do his will\, he shall know whether the teacher is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true\, and in him there is not falsehood. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” The people answered\, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” Jesus answered them\, “I did one deed\, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses\, but from the fathers)\, and you circumcise a man upon the sabbath. If on the sabbath a man receives circumcision\, so that the law of Moses may not be broken\, are you angry with me because on the sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? Do not judge by appearances\, but judge with right judgment.”\nSome of the people of Jerusalem therefore said\, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is\, speaking openly\, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? Yet we know where this man comes from; and when the Christ appears\, no one will know where he comes from.” So Jesus proclaimed\, as he taught in the temple\, “You know me\, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord; he who sent me is true\, and him you do not know. I know him\, for I come from him\, and he sent me.” So they sought to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him\, because his hour had not yet come.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/4th-wednesday-after-pascha-mid-pentecost-3/
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SUMMARY:Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.; Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerusalem; Akakios the Centurion of Byzantium; Repose of St. Nilus\, abbot of Sora; Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: “I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, ‘Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’ And I said\, ‘Who are you\, Lord?’ And the Lord said\, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ “Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.”\nGospel Reading: John 8:12-20\nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life.” The Pharisees then said to him\, “You are bearing witness to yourself; your testimony is not true.” Jesus answered\, “Even if I do bear witness to myself\, my testimony is true\, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going\, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going. You judge according to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge\, my judgment is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he who sent me. In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true; I bear witness to myself\, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me.” They said to him therefore\, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered\, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me\, you would know my Father also.” These words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him\, because his hour had not yet come.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/commemoration-of-the-precious-cross-that-appeared-in-the-sky-over-jerusalem-in-351-a-d/
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian ; Arsenios the Great\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:15-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?” He said to him\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him\, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” He said to him\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him\, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, “Do you love me?” And he said to him\, “Lord\, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him\, “Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go.” (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, “Follow me.” Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, “Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?” When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, “Lord\, what about this man?” Jesus said to him\, “If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!” The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, “If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?” This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.\nEpistle Reading: St. John’s First Universal Letter 1:1-7\nTHAT WHICH WAS from the beginning\, which we have heard\, which we have seen with our eyes\, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands\, concerning the word of life – the life was made manifest\, and we saw it\, and testify to it\, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us – that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you\, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.\nThis is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you\, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness\, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light\, as he is in the light\, we have fellowship with one another\, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\, 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother’s sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, “Woman\, behold\, your son!” Then he said to the disciple\, “Behold\, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/synaxis-of-the-holy-powder-or-manna-which-emitted-from-the-tomb-of-saint-john-the-theologian-3/
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SUMMARY:The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/09/2026\nSaints and Feasts: The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah); Christopher the Martyr of Lycea; Elder Hieronymos of Simonopetra; Monk-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in Thessaly; Epimachos the New Martyr of Alexandria; The New Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, “Wrap your mantle around you and follow me.” And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”\nGospel Reading: John 8:31-42\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, “If you continue in my word\, you are truly my disciples\, and you will know the truth\, and the truth will make you free.” They answered him\, “We are descendants of Abraham\, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say\, ‘You will be made free’?”\nJesus answered them\, “Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not continue in the house for ever; the son continues for ever. So if the Son makes you free\, you will be free indeed. I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me\, because my word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my Father\, and you do what you have heard from your father.”\nThey answered him\, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them\, “If you were Abraham’s children\, you would do what Abraham did\, but now you seek to kill me\, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what Abraham did. You do what your father did.” They said to him\, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father\, even God.” Jesus said to them\, “If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-holy-prophet-esaias-isaiah/
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SUMMARY:Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman; Simon the Zealot & Apostle; Laurence of Egypt; Isodora of Egypt\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him.” Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30\nIn those days\, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyrene\, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God\, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; for he was a good man\, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him\, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one according to his ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, and they did so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\nGospel Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a city of Samaria\, called Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was with his journey\, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\nThere came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her\, “Give me a drink.” For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him\, “How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of me\, a woman of Samaria?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her\, “If you knew the gift of God\, and who it is that is saying to you\, ‘Give me a drink\,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him\, “Sir\, you have nothing to draw with\, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it himself\, and his sons\, and his cattle?” Jesus said to her\, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again\, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to him\, “Sir\, give me this water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come here to draw.”\nJesus said to her\, “Go\, call your husband\, and come here.” The woman answered him\, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her\, “You are right in saying\, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands\, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly.” The woman said to him\, “Sir\, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” Jesus said to her\, “Woman\, believe me\, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know\, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth\, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit\, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him\, “I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes\, he will show us all things.” Jesus said to her\, “I who speak to you am he.”\nJust then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman\, but none said\, “What do you wish?” or\, “Why are you talking with her?” So the woman left her water jar\, and went away into the city and said to the people\, “Come\, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” They went out of the city and were coming to him.\nMeanwhile the disciples besought him\, saying “Rabbi\, eat.” But he said to them\, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” So the disciples said to one another\, “Has anyone brought him food?” Jesus said to them\, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me\, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say\, ‘There are yet four months\, then comes the harvest’? I tell you\, lift up your eyes\, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages\, and gathers fruit for eternal life\, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true\, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored\, and you have entered into their labor.”\nMany Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony. “He told me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him\, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman\, “It is no longer because of your words that we believe\, for we have heard ourselves\, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/sunday-of-the-samaritan-woman-3/
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SUMMARY:Renewal of Constantinople
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Renewal of Constantinople; Hieromartyr Mocius; Methodius & Cyril\, Equal-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions; Dioscoros the New Martyr; Argyrios the New-Martyr of Epanomi\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:12-17\nIn those days\, Peter went to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and were praying. And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter’s voice\, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran and told that Peter was standing at the gate. They said to her\, “You are mad.” But she insisted that it was so. They said\, “It is his angel!” But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened\, they saw him and were amazed. But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said\, “Tell this to James and to the brethren.” Then he departed and went to another place.\nGospel Reading: John 8:42-51\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, “If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil\, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning\, and has nothing to do with the truth\, because there is no truth in him. When he lies\, he speaks according to his own nature\, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But\, because I tell the truth\, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth\, why do you not believe me? He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”\nThe Jews answered him\, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered\, “I have not a demon; but I honor my Father\, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/renewal-of-constantinople/
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SUMMARY:Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus; Germanos\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim “Papoulakis” of Vatopaidi; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:25; 13:1-12\nIn those days\, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission\, bringing with them John whose other name was Mark. Now in the Church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers\, Barnabas\, Simeon who was called Niger\, Lucius of Cyrene\, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch\, and Saul. While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting\, the Holy Spirit said\, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. So\, being sent out by the Holy Spirit\, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis\, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them. When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos\, they came upon a certain magician\, a Jewish false prophet\, named Bar-Jesus. He was with the proconsul\, Sergius Paulus\, a man of intelligence\, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them\, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. But Saul\, who is also called Paul\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, looked intently at him and said\, “You son of the devil\, you enemy of all righteousness\, full of all deceit and villainy\, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? And now\, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon you\, and you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul believed\, when he saw what had occurred\, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.\nGospel Reading: John 8:51-59\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, “Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death.” The Jews said to him\, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died\, as did the prophets; and you say\, ‘If any one keeps my word\, he will never taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham\, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?” Jesus answered\, “If I glorify myself\, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me\, of whom you say that he is your God. But you have not known him; I know him. If I said\, I do not know him\, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him and I keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; and he saw it and was glad.” The Jews then said to him\, “You are not yet fifty years old\, and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them\, “Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, before Abraham was\, I am.” So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself\, and went out of the temple.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/epiphanius-bishop-of-cyprus/
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SUMMARY:5th Wednesday after Pascha
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2026\nSaints and Feasts: 5th Wednesday after Pascha; The Holy Martyr Glyceria; Sergios the Confessor; Alexandros the Martyr; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 13:13-24\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and his company set sail from Paphos\, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem; but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading of the law and the prophets\, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them\, saying\, “Brethren\, if you have any word of exhortation for the people\, say it.” So Paul stood up\, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel\, and you that fear God\, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt\, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. And for about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan\, he gave them their land as an inheritance\, for about four hundred and fifty years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish\, a man of the tribe of Benjamin\, for forty years. And when he had removed him\, he raised up David to be their king; of whom he testified and said\, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart\, who will do all my will.’ Of this man’s posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior\, Jesus\, as he promised. Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.”\nGospel Reading: John 6:5-14\nAt that time\, Jesus\, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a multitude was coming to him\, said to Philip\, “How are we to buy bread\, so that these people may eat?” This he said to test him\, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him\, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples\, Andrew\, Simon Peter’s brother\, said to him\, “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are they among so many?” Jesus said\, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down\, in number about five thousand. Jesus then took the loaves\, and when he had given thanks\, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish\, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill\, he told his disciples\, “Gather up the fragments left over\, that nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves\, left by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign which he had done\, they said\, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/5th-wednesday-after-pascha-2/
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SUMMARY:5th Thursday after Pascha
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2026\nSaints and Feasts: 5th Thursday after Pascha; Isidore the Martyr of Chios; Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus; Holy New Martyrs Mark and John; Leontius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem; Serapion the Holy Martyr\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 14:20-28; 15:1-4\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul went on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples\, they returned to Lystra and to lconion and to Antioch\, strengthening the souls of the disciples\, exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. And when they had appointed elders for them in every church\, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. Then they passed through Pisidia\, and came to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the word in Perga\, they went down to Attalia; and from there they sailed to Antioch\, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. And when they arrived\, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them\, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remained no little time with the disciples. But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren\, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses\, you cannot be saved.” And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them\, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So\, being sent on their way by the church\, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria\, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles\, and they gave great joy to all the brethren. And when they came to Jerusalem\, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders\, and they declared all that God had done with them.\nGospel Reading: John 9:39-10:9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, “For judgment I came into this world\, that those who do not see may see\, and that those who see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees near him heard this\, and they said to him\, “Are we also blind?” Jesus said to them\, “If you were blind\, you would have no guilt; but now that you say\, ‘We see\,’ your guilt remains.\n“Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.\nSo Jesus again said to them\, “Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/5th-thursday-after-pascha-3/
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SUMMARY:Pachomius the Great
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Pachomius the Great; Achillius the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Larissa; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus; Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra; Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:5-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up\, and said\, “it is necessary to circumcise them\, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.” The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate\, Peter rose and said to them\, “Brethren\, you know that in the early days God made choice among you\, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God who knows the heart bore witness to them\, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us; and he made no distinction between us and them\, but cleansed their hearts by faith. Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus\, just as they will.” And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.\nGospel Reading: John 10:17-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, “For this reason the Father loves me\, because I lay down my life\, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me\, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down\, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father.”\nThere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. Many of them said\, “He has a demon\, and he is mad; why listen to him?” Others said\, “These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”\nIt was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter\, and Jesus was walking in the temple\, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered round him and said to him\, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ\, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them\, “I told you\, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name\, they bear witness to me; but you do not believe\, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/pachomius-the-great-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
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SUMMARY:Theodore the Sanctified
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/16/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Theodore the Sanctified; Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae; Nicholas the Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantinople; New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovos (1617); Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem; Brendan the Navigator\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas\, “Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are.” And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separated from each other; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening the churches.\nGospel Reading: John 10:27-38\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, “My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life\, and they shall never perish\, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father\, who has given them to me\, is greater than all\, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”\nThe Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them\, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?” The Jews answered him\, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you\, being a man\, make yourself God.” Jesus answered them\, “Is it not written in your law\, ‘I said\, you are gods?’ If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken)\, do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world\, ‘You are blaspheming\,’ because I said\, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I am not doing the works of my Father\, then do not believe me; but if I do them\, even though you do not believe me\, believe my works\, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/theodore-the-sanctified-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260517
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SUMMARY:Sunday of the Blind Man
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Sunday of the Blind Man; The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia; Theophanes and Nectarios\, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora; Nicholas the Younger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus; Theodotos the Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs; Athanasios\, Archbishop of Christianopolis; The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her\, “Woman\, why are you weeping?” She said to them\, “Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, “Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, “Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away.” Jesus said to her\, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, “Rabboni\,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, “Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God.” Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, “I have seen the Lord\,” and she told them that He had said these things to her.\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 16:16-34\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as we apostles were going to the place of prayer\, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying. She followed Paul and us\, crying\, “These men are servants of the Most High God\, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoyed\, and turned and said to the spirit\, “I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone\, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers; and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said\, “These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city. They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.” The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them\, they threw them into prison\, charging the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this charge\, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God\, and the prisoners were listening to them\, and suddenly there was a great earthquake\, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one’s fetters were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open\, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself\, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice\, “Do not harm yourself\, for we are all here.” And he called for lights and rushed in\, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas\, and brought them out and said\, “Men\, what must I do to be saved?” And they said\, “Believe in the Lord Jesus\, and you will be saved\, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night\, and washed their wounds\, and he was baptized at once\, with all his family. Then he brought them up into his house\, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God.\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him\, “Rabbi\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered\, “It was not that this man sinned\, or his parents\, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who sent me\, while it is day; night comes\, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world\, I am the light of the world.” As he said this\, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay\, saying to him\, “Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?” Some said\, “It is he”; others said\, “No\, but he is like him.” He said\, “I am the man.” They said to him\, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered\, “The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me\, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went and washed and received my sight.” They said to him\, “Where is he?” He said\, “I do not know.”\nThey brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them\, “He put clay on my eyes and I washed\, and I see.” Some of the Pharisees said\, “This man is not from God\, for he does not keep the sabbath.” But others said\, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was a division among them. So they again said to the blind man\, “What do you say about him\, since he has opened your eyes?” He said\, “He is a prophet.”\nThe Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight\, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight\, and asked them\, “Is this your son\, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered\, “We know that this is our son\, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know\, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age\, he will speak for himself.” His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said\, “He is of age\, ask him.”\nSo for the second time they called the man who had been blind\, and said to him\, “Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner.” He answered\, “Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know; one thing I know\, that though I was blind\, now I see.” They said to him\, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them\, “I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?” And they reviled him\, saying\, “You are his disciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses\, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes from.” The man answered\, “Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from\, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners\, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God\, he could do nothing.” They answered him\, “You were born in utter sin\, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.\nJesus heard that they had cast him out\, and having found him he said\, “Do you believe in the Son of man?” He answered\, “And who is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?” Jesus said to him\, “You have seen him\, and it is he who speaks to you.” He said\, “Lord\, I believe”; and he worshiped him.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/sunday-of-the-blind-man-4/
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SUMMARY:6th Monday after Pascha
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2026\nSaints and Feasts: 6th Monday after Pascha; Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\, Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius\, Paulinus and Benedimus; Stephen I\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Julian the Martyr; Euphrasia the Martyr of Nicea\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 17:1-9\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia\, they came to Thessalonica\, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in\, as was his custom\, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures\, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead\, and saying\, “This Jesus\, whom I proclaim to you\, is the Christ.” And some of them were persuaded\, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were jealous\, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble\, they gathered a crowd\, set the city in an uproar\, and attacked the house of Jason\, seeking to bring them out to the people. And when they could not find them\, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities\, crying\, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also\, and Jason has received them; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar\, saying that there is another king\, Jesus.” And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest\, they let them go.\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, every one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nation.” But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that year\, said to them\, “You know nothing at all; you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people\, and that the whole nation should not perish.” He did not say this of his own accord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.\nJesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wilderness\, to a town called Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/6th-monday-after-pascha-3/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260519
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SUMMARY:Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Acacius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Acacius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus; Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonderworker; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 17:19-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the Athenians took hold of Paul and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, “May we know what this new teaching is which you present? For you bring some strange things to our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean.” Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagos\, said: “Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said to one another\, “You see that you can do nothing; look\, the world has gone after him.”\nNow among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, “Sir\, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, “The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father\, save me from this hour?’ No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven\, “I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered\, “This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself.” He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him\, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?” Jesus said to them\, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/patrick-the-hieromartyr-and-bishop-of-prusa-and-his-fellow-martyrs-acacius-menander-and-polyaenus-2/
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SUMMARY:Apodosis of Pascha
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Apodosis of Pascha; The Holy Martyr Thalleleus; Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to the Apostles; Mark the Hermit; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan of Moscow; John\, Joseph\, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he went up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.\nGospel Reading: John 12:36-47\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, “While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light. When Jesus had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him; it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord\, who has believed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them.” Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, many even of the authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, “He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/apodosis-of-pascha-3/
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SUMMARY:Holy Ascension
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Holy Ascension; Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles; Pachomios the Righteous New Martyr\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover.”\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: “I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, ‘Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’ And I said\, ‘Who are you\, Lord?’ And the Lord said\, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ “Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.”\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them\, “Peace be with you.” But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, “Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I Myself; handle Me\, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said to them\, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave Him a piece of broiled fish \, and He took it and ate before them. Then He said to them\, “These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, “Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then He led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the Temple blessing God.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/holy-ascension-3/
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SUMMARY:Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana; Holy New Martyrs Demetrius and Paul of Tripoli; John-Vladimir\, Ruler of Serbia\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8\nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them\, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said\, “No\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said\, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said\, “Into John’s baptism.” And Paul said\, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus.” On hearing this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.\nGospel Reading: John 14:1-11\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God\, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many rooms; if it were not so\, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you\, I will come again and will take you to myself\, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.” Thomas said to him\, “Lord\, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him\, “I am the way\, and the truth\, and the life; no one comes to the Father\, but by me. If you had known me\, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him.”\nPhilip said to him\, “Lord\, show us the Father\, and we shall be satisfied.” Jesus said to him\, “Have I been with you so long\, and yet you do not know me\, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say\, ‘Show us the Father?’ Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/basiliscus-the-martyr-bishop-of-comana/
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SUMMARY:Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife of Cleopas\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 20:7-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles were gathered together to break bread\, Paul talked with them\, intending to depart on the morrow; and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered. And a young man named Euthychos was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer; and being overcome by sleep\, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.  But Paul went down and bent over him\, and embracing him said\, “Do not be alarmed\, for his life is in him.” And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten\, he conversed with them a long while\, until daybreak\, and so departed. And they took the lad away alive\, and were not a little comforted.\nGospel Reading: John 14:10-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.\n“Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do\, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name\, I will do it\, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; if you ask anything in my name\, I will do it. “If you love me\, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray to the Father\, and he will give you another Counselor\, to be with you for ever\, even the Spirit of truth\, whom the world cannot receive\, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him\, for he dwells with you\, and will be in you.\n“I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. Yet a little while\, and the world will see me no more\, but you will see me; because I live\, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father\, and you in me\, and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them\, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/michael-the-confessor-bishop-of-synnada-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260524
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SUMMARY:Fathers of the 1st Council
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/24/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Fathers of the 1st Council; Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain; Saint Vincent of Lerins; Meletios the Commander & his Companion Martyrs; Gregory\, Archbishop of Novgorod\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, “I am going fishing.” They said to him\, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, “Children\, have you any fish?” They answered him\, “No.” He said to them\, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some.” So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask Him\, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised from the dead..\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18\, 28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos\, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to him\, he said to them: “Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock\, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things\, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak\, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, ‘it is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” And when he had spoken thus\, he knelt down and prayed with them all.\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, “Father\, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you have given him power over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true God\, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; and now\, Father\, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.\n“I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you; for I have given them the words which you gave me\, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me\, for they are mine; all mine are yours\, and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to you. Holy Father\, keep them in your name\, which you have given me\, that they may be one\, even as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in your name\, which you have given me; I have guarded them\, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world\, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/fathers-of-the-1st-council-3/
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SUMMARY:Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist; Therapon the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus; Finding of the Icon of St. Demetrios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer on Syros; Aldhelm\, Bishop of Sherborne\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, “Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?” And when the men had come to him\, they said\, “John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, ‘Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'” In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings’ courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, ‘Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.’ I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized with the baptism of John; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, “Let light shine out of darkness\,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed; perplexed\, but not driven to despair; persecuted\, but not forsaken; struck down\, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, “I believed\, and so I spoke\,” we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, “Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them\, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.” As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings’ houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, ‘Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.’ Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John; and if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/third-finding-of-the-precious-head-of-st-john-the-baptist-2/
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SUMMARY:Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/26/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70; Alexandros the New Martyr of Thessaloniki; George the New of Sofia; Augustine\, Archbishop of Canterbury\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 21:26-32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul took the men\, and the next day he purified himself with them and went into the temple\, to give notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for every one of them. When the seven days were almost completed\, the Jews from Asia\, who had seen him in the temple\, stirred up all the crowd\, and laid hands on him\, crying out\, “Men of Israel\, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place; moreover he also brought Greeks into the temple\, and he has defiled this holy place.” For they had previously seen Trophimos the Ephesian with him in the city\, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. Then all the city was aroused\, and the people ran together; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple\, and at once the gates were shut. And as they were trying to kill him\, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. He at once took soldiers and centurions\, and ran down to them; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers\, they stopped beating Paul.\nGospel Reading: John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do this because they have not known the Father\, nor me. But I have said these things to you\, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them.\n“I did not say these things to you from the beginning\, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me\, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you\, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away\, for if I do not go away\, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go\, I will send him to you. And when he comes\, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin\, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness\, because I go to the Father\, and you will see me no more; concerning judgment\, because the ruler of this world is judged.\n“I have yet many things to say to you\, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes\, he will guide you into all the truth.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/carpos-and-alphaeus-apostles-of-the-70/
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SUMMARY:The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/27/2026\nSaints and Feasts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius; John the Russian of Evia; Theodora the Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr; Venerable Bede\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 23:1-11\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul\, looking intently at the council\, said\, “Brethren\, I have lived before God in all good conscience up to this day.” And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him\, “God shall strike you\, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law\, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?” Those who stood by said\, “Would you revile God’s high priest?” And Paul said\, “I did not know\, brethren\, that he was the high priest; for it is written\, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ” But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees\, he cried out in the council\, “Brethren\, I am a Pharisee\, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial.” And when he had said this\, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection\, nor angel\, nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. Then a great clamor arose; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended\, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?” And when the dissension became violent\, the tribune\, afraid that Paul would be torn in pieces by them\, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks. The following night the Lord stood by him and said\, “Take courage\, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem\, so you must bear witness also at Rome.”\nGospel Reading: John 16:15-23\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.\n“A little while\, and you will see me no more; again a little while\, and you will see me.” Some of his disciples said to one another\, “What is this that he says to us\, ‘A little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little while\, and you will see me’; and\, ‘because I go to the Father’? ” They said\, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he means.” Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; so he said to them\, “Is this what you are asking yourselves\, what I meant by saying\, ‘A little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little while\, and you will see me’? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will weep and lament\, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful\, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is in travail she has sorrow\, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child\, she no longer remembers the anguish\, for joy that a human being is born into the world. So you have sorrow now\, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice\, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day\, you will ask nothing of me. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he will give it to you in my name.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-holy-hieromartyr-helladius-2/
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SUMMARY:Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene; Nikitas\, Bishop of Chalcedon; Helikonis the Martyr; Heladios the Hieromartyr of the East; Zacharias the New Martyr\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 25:13-19\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. And as they stayed there many days\, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king\, saying\, “There is a man left prisoner by Felix; and when I was at Jerusalem\, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him\, asking for sentence against him. I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face\, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him. When therefore they came together here\, I made no delay\, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in. When the accusers stood up\, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed; but they had certain points of dispute with him about their own superstition and about one Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.”\nGospel Reading: John 16:23-33\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask\, and you will receive\, that your joy may be full.\n“I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father. In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father himself loves you\, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father. I came from the Father and have come into the world; again\, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”\nHis disciples said\, “Ah\, now you are speaking plainly\, not in any figure! Now we know that you know all things\, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God.” Jesus answered them\, “Do you now believe? The hour is coming\, indeed it has come\, when you will be scattered\, every man to his home\, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone\, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you\, that in me you may have peace.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/hieromartyr-eutychius-bishop-of-melitene/
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SUMMARY:The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/29/2026\nSaints and Feasts: The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension; Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre; Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Constantinople; Seven New Martyrs of Kastoria; Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes; John of Smyrna the New Martyr\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 27:1-44; 28:1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it was decided that we should sail for Italy\, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort\, named Julius. And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium\, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia\, we put to sea\, accompanied by Aristarchos\, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly\, and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. And putting to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus\, because the winds were against us. And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia\, we came to Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy\, and put us on board. We sailed slowly for a number of days\, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidos\, and as the wind did not allow us to go on\, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. Coasting along it with difficulty\, we came to a place called Fair Havens\, near which was the city of Lasea.\nAs much time had been lost\, and the voyage was already dangerous because the fast had already gone by\, Paul advised them\, saying\, “Sirs\, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss\, not only of the cargo and the ship\, but also of our lives.” But the centurion paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in\, the majority advised to put to sea from there\, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix\, a harbor of Crete\, looking northeast and southeast\, and winter there.\nAnd when the south wind blew gently\, supposing that they had obtained their purpose\, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete\, close inshore. But soon a tempestuous wind\, called the northeaster\, struck down from the land; and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind\, we gave way to it and were driven. And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda\, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat; after hoisting it up\, they took measures to undergird the ship; then\, fearing that they should run on the Syrtis\, they lowered the gear\, and so were driven. As we were violently storm-tossed\, they began next day to throw cargo overboard; and the third day they cast with their own hands the tackle of the ship. And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day\, and no small tempest lay on us\, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.\nAs they had been long without food\, Paul then came forward among them and said\, “Men\, you should have listened to me\, and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. I now bid you take heart; for there will be no loss of life among you\, but only of the ship. For this very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship\, and he said\, ‘Do not be afraid\, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and lo\, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ So take heart\, men\, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. But we shall have to run on some island.”\nWhen the fourteenth night had come\, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria\, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms. And fearing that we might run on the rocks\, they let out four anchors from the stern\, and prayed for the day to come. And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship\, and had lowered the boat into the sea\, under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow\, Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers\, ‘Unless these men stay in the ship\, you cannot be saved.” Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat\, and let it go.\nAs day was about to dawn\, Paul urged them all to take some food\, saying\, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food\, having taken nothing. Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength\, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.” And when he had said this\, he took bread\, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves. (We were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.) And when they had eaten enough\, they lightened the ship\, throwing out the wheat into the sea.\nNow when it was day\, they did not recognize the land\, but they noticed a bay with a beach\, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore. So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea\, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. But striking a shoal they ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable\, and the stern was broken up by the surf. The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners\, lest any should swim away and escape; but the centurion\, wishing to save Paul\, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land\, and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.\nAfter we had escaped\, we then learned that the island was called Malta.\nGospel Reading: John 17:18-26\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, “As you\, Father\, did send me into the world\, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself\, that they also may be consecrated in truth.\n“I do not pray for these only\, but also for those who believe in me through their word\, that they may all be one; even as you\, Father\, are in me\, and I in you\, that they also may be in us\, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory which you have given me I have given to them\, that they may be one even as we are one\, I in them and you in me\, that they may become perfectly one\, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father\, I desire that they also\, whom you have given me\, may be with me where I am\, to behold my glory which you have given me in your love for me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father\, the world has not known you\, but I have known you; and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name\, and I will make it known\, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them\, and I in them.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-apodosis-of-the-feast-of-the-holy-ascension-3/
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SUMMARY:The Saturday of Souls
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2026\nSaints and Feasts: The Saturday of Souls; Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus; Macrina\, grandmother of St. Basil the Great; Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea; Natalios the Martyr; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel’s call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord.\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?” He said to him\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him\, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” He said to him\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him\, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, “Do you love me?” And he said to him\, “Lord\, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him\, “Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go.” (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, “Follow me.” Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, “Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?” When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, “Lord\, what about this man?” Jesus said to him\, “If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!” The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, “If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?” This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-saturday-of-souls-3/
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SUMMARY:Holy Pentecost
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/31/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Holy Pentecost; Hermias the Martyr at Comana; Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-23\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you.” And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained.”\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11\nWHEN THE DAY of Pentecost had come\, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together\, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear\, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia and Pamphylia\, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rome\, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”\nGospel Reading: John 7:37-52; 8:12\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\, Jesus stood up and proclaimed\, “If any one thirst\, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me\, as the scripture has said\, ‘Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'” Now this he said about the Spirit\, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given\, because Jesus was not yet glorified.\nWhen they heard these words\, some of the people said\, “This is really the prophet.” Others said\, “This is the Christ.” But some said\, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David\, and comes from Bethlehem\, the village where David was?” So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, but no one laid hands on him.\nThe officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees\, who said to them\, “Why did you not bring him?” The officers answered\, “No man ever spoke like this man!” The Pharisees answered them\, “Are you led astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, are accursed.” Nikodemos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of them\, said to them\, “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” They replied\, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee.” Again Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/holy-pentecost-3/
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SUMMARY:Monday of the Holy Spirit
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/01/2026\nSaints and Feasts: Monday of the Holy Spirit; Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions; Pyrros the Hieromartyr\nFast Free\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, “Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light.” Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n“If your brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/monday-of-the-holy-spirit-2/
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SUMMARY:1st Tuesday after Pentecost
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/02/2026\nSaints and Feasts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost; Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Erasmos of Ochrid & his Companion Martyrs; Demetrios the New Martyr of Philadelphia; Constantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\nFast Free\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans 1:1-7\, 13-17\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\, set apart for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was descended from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, Jesus Christ our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations\, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ; To all God’s beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know\, brethren\, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written\, “The righteous shall live by faith.”\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25;5:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him all the sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\, epileptics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them\, saying:\n“Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n“Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted.\n“Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied.\n“Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n“Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n“Blessed are the peacemakers\, for they shall be called sons of God.\n“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your reward is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.\n“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/1st-tuesday-after-pentecost-3/
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SUMMARY:1st Wednesday after Pentecost
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2026\nSaints and Feasts: 1st Wednesday after Pentecost; Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin; Athanasios the Wonderworker; Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalough\nFast Free\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans 1:18-27\nBrethren\, the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them\, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature\, namely\, his eternal power and deity\, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse; for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him\, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise\, they became fools\, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity\, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves\, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator\, who is blessed for ever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural\, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another\, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to the men of old\, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother without cause shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council\, and whoever says\, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar\, and there remember that your brother has something against you\, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother\, and then come and offer your gift. Make friends quickly with your accuser\, while you are going with him to court\, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge\, and the judge to the guard\, and you be put in prison; truly\, I say to you\, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/1st-wednesday-after-pentecost-2/
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