Orthocalendar

Monday, July 12, 2060

Martyrs Proclus and Hilary of Ancyra; St Veronica, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by the Savior; Saint Païsios of the Holy Mountain (1994) (June 29 OC)

Monday of the 5th week after Pentecost

Tone 3. No fast. What this means

The Epistle

Romans 12:4–5, 15–21

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, 5so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another, 15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep. 16Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits. 17Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. 18If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. 19Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.” 20Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

21Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

The Gospel

Matthew 12:9–13

He departed from there and went into their synagogue. 10And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” so that they might accuse him.

11He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it and lift it out? 12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.” 13Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

Commemorated today

  • Martyrs Proclus and Hilary of Ancyra
  • Our Holy Father Michael of Maleinus
  • Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic
  • Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs
  • St Veronica, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by the Savior
  • Saint Païsios of the Holy Mountain (1994) (June 29 OC)

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

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