Orthocalendar

Monday, May 3, 2060

St Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia (1074).; Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286); Peter the Wonderworker

Monday of the 2nd Sunday of Pascha

Tone 1. No fast. What this means

The Epistle for St Theodosius

Hebrews 13:7–16

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

10We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat. 11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp. 12Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate. 13Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach. 14For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. 15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name. 16But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

The Gospel for St Theodosius

Matthew 11:27–30

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Commemorated today

  • Peter the Wonderworker
  • Theophan, Bishop of Peritheorion
  • Xenia of Kalamata the Great Martyr
  • Ahmet the Calligrapher & Martyr
  • Oikoumenios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trikka
  • St Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia (1074).
  • Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286)

Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.

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