Orthodox Readings

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

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

Tuesday of the 25th week after Pentecost

Tone 7. Nativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowed. 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 14:25–35

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. 31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. 33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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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