Orthodox Readings

Friday, November 17, 2023

St Gregory the Wonderworker; Ven. Nikon of Radonezh; Our Holy Father Longinus (4th or 5th c.)

Friday of the 24th week after Pentecost

Tone 6. Nativity Fast: strict. What this means

The Epistle for Gregory the Wonderworker

1 Corinthians 12:7–11

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

The Gospel

Luke 16:15–18, 17:1–4

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

1Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Commemorated today

  • St Gregory the Wonderworker
  • Ven. Nikon of Radonezh
  • Gennadios I and Maximus, Patriarchs of Constantinople
  • Our Holy Father Longinus (4th or 5th c.)
  • Our Holy Mother Hilda, Abbess of Whitby (680)

Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.

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