Sunday, November 18, 2029
9th Sunday of Luke
Tone 8. Nativity Fast: fish, wine and oil allowed. What this means
The Epistle
Ephesians 4:1–7
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
The Gospel
Luke 12:16–21
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Commemorated today
- Martyrs Platon and Roman
- Zaccheus the Deacon
- Holy Martyr Romanus and the holy child who declared for Christ (305)
- Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Epirus (1750), and Daniel, whom he converted
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.