Wednesday, August 22, 1990
Martyr Agathonicus and Companions; Holy Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303); Athanasios the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Tarsus
Wednesday of the 12th week after Pentecost
Tone 2. Fast day: strict. What this means
The Epistle
2 Corinthians 6:11–16
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged. 12You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. 13Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your hearts.
14Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever? 16What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
The Gospel
Mark 1:23–28
Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 24saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”
25Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”
26The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 27They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What can this new doctrine be? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!” 28The report of him went out immediately into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.
Commemorated today
- Martyr Agathonicus and Companions
- Athanasios the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Tarsus
- The Synaxis of the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa
- Holy Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303)
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.