Thursday, January 24, 2002
Ven. Xenia of Rome; Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg; Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)
Thursday of the 34th week after Pentecost
Tone 8. No fast. What this means
The Epistle for Xenia of Rome
Galatians 5:22–6:2
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
The Gospel
Luke 21:28–33
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 29And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Commemorated today
- Ven. Xenia of Rome
- Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg
- Vavylas the Holy Martyr
- Philo the Wonderworker, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus
- Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.