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2024 |
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On Tuesday | July 16 |
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle |
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The Epistle |
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Tuesday of the 4th Week |
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Romans. |
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Rom. 10:11 – 21; 11:1 – 2 |
Brethren, the scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For, “every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.” But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.” Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.” But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. [RSV] |
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The Gospel |
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Tuesday of the 4th Week of Matthew |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. |
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Mt. 11:16 – 20 |
The Lord said, “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’; the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her children.” Then he began to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. [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 July 16, we commemorate the holy Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Pidachthoa. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Faustus. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Antiochus, brother of the holy Martyr Plato. |
The holy 15,000 Martyrs in Pisidia died by the sword. |
By their holy intercessions, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fast Free: All foods allowed. |