Saturday, November 7, 2037
St Hieron and the Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene; Saint Willibrord, first Bishop of Utrecht and Apostle of Holland (739); Lazarus the Wonderworker
Saturday of the 7th week of Luke
Tone 6. No fast. What this means
The Epistle
2 Corinthians 11:1–6
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. 2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
The Gospel
Luke 9:1–6
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 3And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. 4And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 5And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. 6And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
Commemorated today
- St Hieron and the Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene
- Lazarus the Wonderworker
- Martyr Athenodorus
- Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki
- Saint Willibrord, first Bishop of Utrecht and Apostle of Holland (739)
- St Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn (1915)
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.