Saturday, December 5, 2026
Ven. Sabbas the Sanctified
Saturday of the 27th week after Pentecost
Tone 1. Nativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowed. What this means
The Epistle for St Sabbas
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 for St Sabas
Matthew 11:27–30
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Commemorated today
- Holy Martyr Diogenes
- Nektarios the Bulgarian
- St Cosmas the Protos of Mount Athos and his companions (ca. 1274)
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.