Saturday, January 26, 2019
Ven. Xenophon, Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John; St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350); Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)
Saturday of the 35th week after Pentecost
Tone 1. No fast. What this means
The Epistle
Ephesians 5:1–8
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
The Gospel
Matthew 22:35–46
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. 43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 45If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Commemorated today
- Ven. Xenophon, Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John
- St Simeon the Elder of Mount Sinai
- St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350)
- Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.