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SUMMARY:12th Sunday of Matthew
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2025\nSaints and Feasts: 12th Sunday of Matthew; The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos; Cyprian the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage; Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne; Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folkestone; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen.”\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron’s rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:16-26\nAt that time\, a young man came up to Jesus\, kneeling and saying\, “Good Teacher\, what good deed must I do\, to have eternal life?” And he said to him\, “Why do you call me good?  One there is who is good.  If you would enter life\, keep the commandments.”  He said to him\, “Which?”  And Jesus said\, “You shall not kill\, You shall not commit adultery\, You shall not steal\, You shall not bear false witness\, Honor your father and mother\, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  The young man said to him\, “All these I have observed; what do I still lack?”  Jesus said to him\, “If you would be perfect\, go\, sell what you possess and give to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come\, follow me.”  When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.\nAnd Jesus said to his disciples\, “Truly\, I say to you\, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Again I tell you\, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”  When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished\, saying\, “Who then can be saved?”  But Jesus looked at them and said to them\, “With men this is impossible\, but with God all things are possible.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/12th-sunday-of-matthew/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250830
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SUMMARY:Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/30/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner; Alexander\, John\, and Paul the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople; Phantinos the Righteous of Calabria; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes; 6 Martyrs of Melitene; The Synaxis of the Holy Hierarchs of Serbia; The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia; Fiacre the Hermit of Meaux\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:26-31;2:1-5\nBrethren\, consider your call\, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards\, not many were powerful\, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong\, God chose what is low and despised in the world\, even things that are not\, to bring to nothing things that are\, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus\, whom God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption; therefore\, as it is written\, “Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord.” When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling; and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom\, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power\, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:29-34\nAt that time\, as Jesus went out of Jericho\, a great crowd followed him. And behold\, two blind men sitting by the roadside\, when they heard that Jesus was passing by\, cried out\, “Have mercy on us\, Son of David!” The crowd rebuked them\, telling them to be silent; but they cried out the more\, “Lord\, have mercy on us\, Son of David!” And Jesus stopped and called them\, saying\, “What do you want me to do for you?” They said to him\, “Lord\, let our eyes be opened.” And Jesus in pity touched their eyes\, and immediately they received their sight and followed him.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/apodosis-of-the-feast-of-the-forerunner-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250829
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SUMMARY:Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist John
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist John; Theodora of Thessaloniki; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\nStrict Fast\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus; and he said to his servants\, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him.” For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip’s wife; because John said to him\, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” And though he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the people\, because they held him to be a prophet. But when Herod’s birthday came\, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she said\, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” And the king was sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\, and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it; and they went and told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\, they followed him on foot from the towns.\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:25-33\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as John was finishing his course\, he said\, “What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.” Brethren\, sons of the family of Abraham\, and those among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the message of this salvation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Though they could charge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pilate to have him killed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him\, they took him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus.\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:14-30\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Jesus\, for his name had become known. He said\, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him.” But others said\, “It is Elijah.” And others said\, “It is a prophet\, like one of the prophets of old.” But when Herod heard of it he said\, “John\, whom I beheaded\, has been raised.” For Herod had sent and seized John\, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip’s wife; because he had married her. For John said to Herod\, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and wanted to kill him. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias’ daughter came in and danced\, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl\, “Ask me for whatever you wish\, and I will grant it.” And he vowed to her\, “Whatever you ask me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom.” And she went out\, and said to her mother\, “What shall I ask?” And she said\, “The head of John the baptizer.” And she came in immediately with haste to the king\, and asked\, saying\, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” And the king was exceedingly sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a platter\, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in a tomb. The apostles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and taught.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/beheading-of-the-holy-and-glorious-prophet-forerunner-and-baptist-john-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250828
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SUMMARY:Moses the Black of Scete
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/28/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Moses the Black of Scete; Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs; 33 Martyrs of Nicomedea; Job of Pochaev ; Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 7:1-10\nBrethren\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\nOpen your hearts to us; we have wronged no one\, we have corrupted no one\, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you\, for I said before that you are in our hearts\, to die together and to live together. I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction\, I am overjoyed.\nFor even when we came into Macedonia\, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn –fighting without and fear within. But God\, who comforts the downcast\, comforted us by the coming of Titus\, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you\, as he told us of your longing\, your mourning\, your zeal for me\, so that I rejoiced still more. For even if I made you sorry with my letter\, I do not regret it (though I did regret it)\, for I see that that letter grieved you\, though only for a while. As it is\, I rejoice\, not because you were grieved\, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief\, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces death.\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:29-35\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew\, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever\, and immediately they told him of her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up\, and the fever left her; and she served them. That evening\, at sundown\, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered together about the door. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases\, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak\, because they knew him. And in the morning\, a great while before day\, he rose and went out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/moses-the-black-of-scete-2/
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SUMMARY:Pimen the Great
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/27/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Pimen the Great; Holy Martyr Phanurius; Anthousa the Martyr; Poimen of Palestine; Hosisos the Confessor; Liverios\, Pope of Rome; Monica\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:11-16\nBrethren\, our mouth is open to you\, Corinthians; our heart is wide. You are not restricted by us\, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return — I speak as to children — widen your hearts also.\nDo not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God\, as God said.\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:23-28\nAt that time\, there was in the synagogue of the Jews a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out\, “What have you to do with us\, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are\, the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him\, saying\, “Be silent\, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit\, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice\, came out of him. And they were all amazed\, so that they questioned among themselves\, saying\, “What is this? A new teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits\, and they obey him.” And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/pimen-the-great-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250826
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2025\nSaints and Feasts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie; Our Righteous Father Joseph; Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  “For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry; but my righteous one shall live by faith.”\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus\, passing along by the Sea of Galilee\, saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them\, “Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on a little farther\, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, who were in their boats mending the nets. And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants\, and followed him. And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. And they were astonished at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who had authority\, and not as the scribes.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-holy-martyrs-adrian-and-natalie-2/
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SUMMARY:Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/25/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle; Titus the Apostle of the 70; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs of Constantinople; Holy Father John of Karpathos; Ebba\, First Abbess of Coldingham\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:1-5;2:15;3:1-2\,12-15\nPAUL\, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness\, in hope of eternal life which God\, who never lies\, promised ages ago and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior;\nTo Titus\, my true child in a common faith:\nGrace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.\nDeclare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.\nRemind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready for any honest work\, to speak evil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to be gentle\, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\nAll who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith.\nGrace be with you all. Amen.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/return-of-the-body-of-bartholomew-the-glorious-apostle/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250824
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SUMMARY:11th Sunday of Matthew
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/24/2025\nSaints and Feasts: 11th Sunday of Matthew; Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian; Cosmas of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles; The Translation of the Relics of Dionysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina; The Translation of the Holy Relics of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\nMatins Gospel 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.\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12\nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses\, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benefits? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? Nevertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:23-35\nThe Lord said this parable:  “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.  When he began the reckoning\, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay\, his lord ordered him to be sold\, with his wife and children and all that he had\, and payment to be made.  So the servant fell on his knees\, imploring him\, ‘Lord\, have patience with me\, and I will pay you everything.’  And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.  But that same servant\, as he went out\, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said\, ‘Pay what you owe.’ So his fellow servant fell down and besought him\, ‘Have patience with me\, and I will pay you.’  He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt.  When his fellow servants saw what had taken place\, they were greatly distressed\, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place.  Then his lord summoned him and said to him\, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant\, as I had mercy on you?’  And in anger his lord delivered him to the torturers\, till he should pay all his debt.  So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you\, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/11th-sunday-of-matthew/
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SUMMARY:Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/23/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Lyons; Lupus the Martyr; Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion; Our Holy Father Kallinikos\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Haralambos of Kalyviani; 38 Martyrs of Thrace; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Sirmium\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said\, “Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her\, “Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her.” As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, “Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!” But he said\, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/apodosis-of-the-dormition-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-theotokos-and-ever-virgin-mary-2/
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyr Agathonicus
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/22/2025\nSaints and Feasts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus; Holy Martyr Anthuse; Athanasios the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Tarsus; New Martyrs Manuel and John; The Synaxis of the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:13-18\nBrethren\, since 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.\nSo we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away\, our inner nature is being renewed every day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison\, because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient\, but the things that are unseen are eternal.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:27-33\, 42-51\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “As the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together.\n“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know that he is near\, at the very gates.\n“Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.\n“Who then is the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has set over his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself\, ‘My master is delayed\,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants\, and eats and drinks with the drunken\, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know\, and will punish him\, and put him with the hypocrites; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-holy-martyr-agathonicus-2/
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SUMMARY:The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/21/2025\nSaints and Feasts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus; The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theognis\, Agapius\, and Pistus; Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, having this ministry as we have received mercy\, we do not lose heart. We have renounced disgraceful\, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word\, but by the open statement of truth we would commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled\, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers\, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ\, who is the likeness of God. For what we preach is not ourselves\, but Jesus Christ as Lord\, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For 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.\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the mountain\, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him. And he appointed twelve\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, that is\, sons of thunder; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home; and the crowd came together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, “He is beside himself.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-holy-apostle-thaddaeus-2/
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UID:2846-1755648000-1755734399@behellenic.com
SUMMARY:Samuel the Prophet
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/20/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Samuel the Prophet; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos; Stephen\, First King of Hungary; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary; Oswin the Martyr\, King of Deira; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God\, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant\, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills\, but the Spirit gives life.\nNow if the dispensation of death\, carved in letters on stone\, came with such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses’ face because of its brightness\, fading as this was\, will not the dispensation of the Spirit be attended with greater splendor? For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation\, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor. Indeed\, in this case\, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all\, because of the splendor that surpasses it. For if what faded away came with splendor\, what is permanent must have much more splendor.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, “Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon this generation.\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/samuel-the-prophet-2/
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UID:2847-1755561600-1755647999@behellenic.com
SUMMARY:Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/19/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers; Holy Martyrs Timothy\, Agapius and Thecla; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 2:14-17;3:1-3\nBrethren\, thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing\, to one a fragrance from death to death\, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not\, like so many\, peddlers of God’s word; but as men of sincerity\, as commissioned by God\, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.\nAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need\, as some do\, letters of recommendation\, to you\, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation\, written on our hearts\, to be known and read by all men; and you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us\, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God\, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:23-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, “Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cumin\, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting the others. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!\n“Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate\, that the outside also may be clean.\n“Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs\, which outwardly appear beautiful\, but within they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men\, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/andrew-the-general-martyr-his-2593-soldiers-2/
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UID:2848-1755475200-1755561599@behellenic.com
SUMMARY:Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/18/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria; Leontus the martyr; Hermos the Martyr; John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople; Relics of Arsenios the Righteous of Paros; Constantine the New Martyr of Capua; Matthew the New Martyr of Gerakari; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 2:3-15\nBrethren\, my joy is the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.\nBut if any one has caused pain\, he has caused it not to me\, but in some measure – not to put it too severely – to you all. For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough; so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him\, for he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote\, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Any one whom you forgive\, I also forgive. What I have forgiven\, if I have forgiven anything\, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ\, to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.\nWhen I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ\, a door was opened for me in the Lord; but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.\nBut thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:13-22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, “Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation. But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, ‘If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say\, ‘If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/floros-lauros-the-monk-martyrs-of-illyria/
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UID:2845-1755388800-1755475199@behellenic.com
SUMMARY:10th Sunday of Matthew
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2025\nSaints and Feasts: 10th Sunday of Matthew; Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus; Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian the Martyrs of Nicomedea; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Martyr of Samaria; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings; Paul\, Juliana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\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: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ’s sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless; when persecuted\, we endure; when slandered\, we try to conciliate; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:14-23\nAt that time\, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said\, “Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the water.  And I brought him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him.”  And Jesus answered\, “O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I to be with you?  How long am I to bear with you?  Bring him here to me.”  And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly.  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said\, “Why could we not cast it out?”  He said to them\, “Because of your little faith.  For truly I say to you\, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will say to this mountain\, ‘Move hence to yonder place\,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.  But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting.”  As they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to them\,  “The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will kill him\, and he will be raised on the third day.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/10th-sunday-of-matthew/
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UID:2844-1755302400-1755388799@behellenic.com
SUMMARY:Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus; Timothy of Euripus\, founder of the Monastery of Pentele; Holy Monk Penteles; Gerasimus of Cephalonia; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and Basil who contested in Megara; Joseph the Hesychast; Nicodemus the New Martyr of Meteora; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Manuel and John the New Martyrs; Stamatios the Martyr; Apostolos the New-Martyr\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our religion:\nGod was manifested in the flesh\,\njustified in the Spirit\,\nseen by angels\,\npreached among the nations\,\nbelieved on in the world\,\ntaken up in glory.\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving; for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51-57\, 10:22-24\, 13:22\nAt that time\, when the days drew near for him to be received up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for him; but the people would not receive him\, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, “Lord\, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as Elijah did?” But he turned and rebuked them\, and he said\, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went on to another village.\nAs they were going along the road\, he said to those who followed him\, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Then turning to the disciples he said privately\, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it.”\nAnd he went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towards Jerusalem.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/translation-of-the-image-of-our-lord-and-god-and-savior-jesus-christ-2/
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SUMMARY:The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2025\nSaints and Feasts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, “Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”\n  And Mary said\, “My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his name.” And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her home.\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said\, “Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her\, “Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her.” As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, “Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!” But he said\, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-dormition-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-theotokos-and-ever-virgin-mary-2/
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SUMMARY:Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah); Holy Hieromartyr Marcellus\, Bishop of Apameia; Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brother.\nTo the church of God which is at Corinth\, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:\nGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort\, who comforts us in all our affliction\, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction\, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us\, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are afflicted\, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted\, it is for your comfort\, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings\, you all also share in our comfort.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:43-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him: “I tell you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it. And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one\, it will crush him.”\nWhen the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables\, they perceived that he was speaking about them. But when they tried to arrest him\, they feared the multitudes\, because they held him to be a prophet.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/forefeast-of-the-dormition-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-theotokos-and-ever-virgin-mary-2/
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SUMMARY:Apodosis of the Transfiguration
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/13/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration; Maximus the Confessor; Our Righteous Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus; Dorotheus\, Abba of Gaza; Tikhon of Zadonsk\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:4-12\nBrethren\, if it seems advisable that I should go also\, they will accompany me. I will visit you after passing through Macedonia\, for I intend to pass through Macedonia\, and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter\, so that you may speed me on my journey\, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now just in passing; I hope to spend some time with you\, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in Ephesos until Pentecost\, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me\, and there are many adversaries. When Timothy comes\, see that you put him at ease among you\, for he is doing the work of the Lord\, as I am. So let no one despise him. Speed him on his way in peace\, that he may return to me; for I am expecting him with the brethren. As for our brother Apollos\, I strongly urge him to visit you with the other brethren\, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:28-32\nThe Lord said this parable\, “A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said\, ‘Son\, go and work in the vineyard today.’ And he answered\, ‘I will not’; but afterward he repented and went. And he went to the second and said the same; and he answered\, ‘I go\, sir\,’ but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said\, “The first.” Jesus said to them\, “Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him and even when you saw it\, you did not afterward repent and believe him.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/apodosis-of-the-transfiguration-2/
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/12/2025\nSaints and Feasts: The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia; Sergios\, Stephen and Kastor; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great; Soldier-martyrs of Crete; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:29-38\nBrethren\, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all\, why are people baptized on their behalf? Why am I in peril every hour? I protest\, brethren\, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord\, I die every day! What do I gain if\, humanly speaking\, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If the dead are not raised\, “Let us eat and drink\, for tomorrow we die.” Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” Come to your right mind\, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But some one will ask\, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body which is to be\, but a bare kernel\, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen\, and to each kind of seed its own body.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-27\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered the temple\, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, “By what authority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?” Jesus answered them\, “I also will ask you a question; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?” And they argued with one another\, “If we say\, ‘From heaven\,’ he will say to us\, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say\, ‘From men\,’ we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet.” So they answered Jesus\, “We do not know.” And he said to them\, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-holy-martyrs-photius-and-anicetus-of-nicomedia-2/
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SUMMARY:Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Catania
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/11/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Catania; Our Holy Father Niphonus\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Commemoration of St. Spyridon’s Miracle in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Blane\, Bishop of Bute\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:12-19\nBrethren\, if Christ is preached as raised from the dead\, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead\, then Christ has not been raised; if Christ has not been raised\, then our preaching is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God\, because we testified of God that he raised Christ\, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised\, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised\, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ\, we are of all men most to be pitied.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-22\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them\, “Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mountain\, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea\,’ it will be done. And whatever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/euplus-the-holy-martyr-archdeacon-of-catania/
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SUMMARY:9th Sunday of Matthew
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2025\nSaints and Feasts: 9th Sunday of Matthew; Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome; Chitus of Athens\, Bishop of Rome; Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were 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.” Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them\, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe.” Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\, “Peace be with you.” Then He said to Thomas\, “Put your finger here\, and see My hands; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side; do not be faithless\, but believing.” Thomas answered Him\, “My Lord and My God!” Jesus said to him\, “Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 3:9-17\nBrethren\, we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field\, God’s building. According to the grace of God given to me\, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation\, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid\, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold\, silver\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, straw – each man’s work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it\, because it will be revealed with fire\, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives\, he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned up\, he will suffer loss\, though he himself will be saved\, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God’s temple\, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy\, and that temple you are.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-34\nAt that time\, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds\, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came\, he was there alone\, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land\, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea\, they were terrified\, saying\, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them\, saying “Take heart\, it is I; have no fear.”\n And Peter answered him\, “Lord\, if it is you\, bid me come to you on the water.” He said\, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning to sink he cried out\, “Lord\, save me.” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him\, saying to him\, “O man of little faith\, why did you doubt?” And when they entered the boat\, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him\, saying\, “Truly you are the Son of God.” And when they had crossed over\, they came to land at Gennesaret.
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SUMMARY:The Holy Apostle Matthias
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2025\nSaints and Feasts: The Holy Apostle Matthias  ; Constantine\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan of Rhodes; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Anthony the Martyr of Alexandria\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn those days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day’s journey away; and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his brothers.\nIn those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, “Brethren\, the scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this ministry. “So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us — one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”\nAnd they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they prayed and said\, “Lord\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place.” And they cast lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:32-39\nAt that time\, Jesus called his disciples to him and said\, “I have compassion on the crowd\, because they have been with me now three days\, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry\, lest they faint on the way.” And the disciples said to him\, “Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?” And Jesus said to them\, “How many loaves have you?” They said\, “Seven\, and a few small fish.” And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground\, he took the seven loaves and the fish\, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples\, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. Those who ate were four thousand men\, besides women and children. And sending away the crowds\, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/the-holy-apostle-matthias-2/
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SUMMARY:Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos; Our Holy Father Myronus the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete; Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagoras and Anastasius of Thessolonica; Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos; Kallinikos\, Metropolitan of Edessa and Pella; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Anastatios the Martyr from Bulgaria\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:26-40\nBRETHREN\, when you come together\, each one has a hymn\, a lesson\, a revelation\, a tongue\, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. If any speak in a tongue\, let there be only two or at most three\, and each in turn; and let one interpret. But if there is no one to interpret\, let each one of them keep silence in church and speak to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets speak\, and let the others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to another by sitting by\, let the first be silent. For you can all prophesy one by one\, so that all may learn and all be encouraged; and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. But God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints\, the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak\, but should be subordinate\, as even the law says. If there is anything they desire to know\, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. What! Did the word of God originate with you\, or are you the only one it has reached? If any one thinks that he is a prophet\, or spiritual\, he should acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. If any one does not recognize this\, he is not recognized. So\, my brethren\, earnestly desire to prophesy\, and do not forbid speaking in tongues; but all things should be done decently and in order.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:12-14; 17-20\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple\, and he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them\, “It is written\, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.” And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple\, and he healed them. And leaving them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.\nIn the morning\, as he was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, “How did the fig tree wither at once?”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/emilian-the-confessor-bishop-of-cyzikos-2/
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SUMMARY:Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/07/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius; Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonderworker; Theodosius the New; Joseph Gerontogiannis of Lithines Sitia; Sozon of Nicomedea; The Holy Ten Thousand Ascetics of Thebes; Narcissus the Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:6-19\nBrethren\, if I come to you speaking in tongues\, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? If even lifeless instruments\, such as the flute or the harp\, do not give distinct notes\, how will any one know what is played? And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound\, who will get ready for battle? So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible\, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air. There are doubtless many different languages in the world\, and none is without meaning; but if I do not know the meaning of the language\, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit\, strive to excell in building up the church. Therefore\, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. For if I pray in a tongue\, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with spirit and I will sing with the mind also. Otherwise\, if you bless with the spirit\, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? For you may give thanks well enough\, but the other man is not edified. I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all; nevertheless\, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind\, in order to instruct others\, than ten thousand words in a tongue.\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:2-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John\, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them\, and his garments became glistening\, intensely white\, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus\, “Master\, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” For he did not know what to say\, for they were exceedingly afraid. And a cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice came out of the cloud\, “This is my beloved son; listen to him.” And suddenly\, looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain he charged them to tell no one what they had seen\, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead.
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/afterfeast-of-the-transfiguration-of-our-lord-and-savior-jesus-christ-2/
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SUMMARY:Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and his raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Moses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to Jesus\, “Master\, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” – not knowing what he said. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\, “This is my Son\, my Beloved; listen to him!” And when the voice had spoken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:10-19\nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you do this you will never fall; so there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\nTherefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as long as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.\nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory\, “This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\,” we heard this voice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them\, and his face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light. And behold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus\, “Lord\, it is well that we are here; if you wish\, I will make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice from the cloud said\, “This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” When the disciples heard this\, they fell on their faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them\, saying\, “Rise\, and have no fear.” And when they lifted up their eyes\, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain\, Jesus commanded them\, “Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.”
URL:https://behellenic.com/event/transfiguration-of-our-lord-and-savior-jesus-christ-2/
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SUMMARY:Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola; Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople; Christos the New Martyr of Prevezis; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 1:1-25;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithynia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:\nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inheritance which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven for you\, who by God’s power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials\, so that the genuineness of your faith\, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire\, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without having known him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.\nThe prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvation; they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you\, in the things which have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven\, things into which angels long to look.\nTherefore gird up your minds\, be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance\, but as he who called you is holy\, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; since it is written\, “You shall be holy\, for I am holy.” And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers\, not with perishable things such as silver or gold\, but with the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you have confidence in God\, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory\, so that your faith and hope are in God.\nHaving purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love one another earnestly from the heart. You have been born anew\, not of perishable seed but of imperishable\, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abides for ever.” That word is the good news which was preached to you.\nSo put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like newborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may grow up to salvation; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\nCome to him\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but in God’s sight chosen and precious; and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house\, to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.” To you therefore who believe\, he is precious\, but for those who do not believe\, “The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\,” and “A stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”; for they stumble because they disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. But you are a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s own people\, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22;19:1-2; 13-15\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, “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.”\nThen Peter came up and said to him\, “Lord\, how often shall my brother sin against me\, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him\, “I do not say to you seven times\, but seventy times seven.”\nNow when Jesus had finished these sayings\, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; and large crowds followed him\, and he healed them there.\nThen children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people; but Jesus said\, “Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” And he laid his hands on them and went away.
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SUMMARY:Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/04/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\nStrict Fast\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 11:31-34;12:1-6\nBrethren\, if we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then\, my brethren\, when you come together to eat\, wait for one another – if any one is hungry\, let him eat at home – lest you come together to be condemned. About the other things I will give directions when I come. Now concerning the spiritual gifts\, brethren\, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were heathen\, you were led astray to dumb idols\, however you may have been moved. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus be cursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts\, but the same spirit; and there are varieties of service\, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working\, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:1-11\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them and said\, “Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.\n“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.\n“Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come\, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.\n“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.”
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SUMMARY:8th Sunday of Matthew
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2025\nSaints and Feasts: 8th Sunday of Matthew; Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer; Theoctistus the Wonderworker\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\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: I Corinthians 1:10-17\nBrethren\, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you\, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you\, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says\, “I belong to Paul\,” or “I belong to Apollos\,” or “I belong to Cephas\,” or “I belong to Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius; lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that\, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel\, and not with eloquent wisdom\, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:14-22\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them\, and healed their sick. When it was evening\, the disciples came to him and said\, “This is a lonely place\, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said\, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They said to him\, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” And he said\, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, and blessed\, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men\, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds.
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SUMMARY:Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2025\nSaints and Feasts: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr; Holy Glorious New Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles; Phocas the Martyr; Plegmund\, Archbishop of Canterbury\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15;7:1-5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who said\, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.\nAnd the high priest said\, “Is this so?” And Stephen said: “Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said to him\, ‘Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which I will show you.’ Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot’s length\, but promised to give it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n“But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as the prophet says\, ‘Heaven is my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?’\n“You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said\, “Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.” But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, “Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit.” And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, “Lord\, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, “A man planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the wine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent to them another servant\, and they wounded him in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another\, and him they killed; and so with many others\, some they beat and some they killed. He had still one other\, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them\, saying\, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those tenants said to one another\, ‘This is the heir; come\, let us kill him\, and the inheritance will be ours.’ And they took him and killed him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture: ‘The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord’s doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” And they tried to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them; so they left him and went away.
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