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2023 |
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On Saturday | August 19 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Saturday of the 11th Week |
The reading is from Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians. |
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1 Cor. 1:3-9 |
Brethren, grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ; who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Saturday of the 11th Week of Matthew |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. |
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Mt. 19:3-12 |
At that time, Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered, "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder." They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?" He said to them, "For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery." The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife; it is not expedient to marry." But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it." [RSV] |
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Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion. |
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Synaxarion |
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From the Menaion. |
On August 19 we commemorate the holy Great Martyr Andrew the Commander and the 2,593 martyred with him. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyrs Timothy, Agapios, and Thekla. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyrs Eftichianos, the soldier, and Stragios, who died by fire. |
The memory of our devout father St. Theophanos the New, who on the mountain of Naoussa struggled in the ascetic life. |
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy and save us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fast Free: All foods allowed. |