Saturday, November 17, 2029
St Gregory the Wonderworker; Ven. Nikon of Radonezh; Our Holy Father Longinus (4th or 5th c.)
Saturday 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 9:57–62
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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.