Thursday, September 1, 2061
Church New Year
Thursday of the 14th week after Pentecost
Tone 4. No fast. What this means
The Epistle for St Simeon
Colossians 3:12–16
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; 13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
14Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. 15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
The Gospel for St Simeon
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
- Our Holy Father Symeon Stylites (459)
- Synaxis of the Recovery of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae
- The 40 Holy Ascetic Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon
- Holy Martyrs Calliste and Siblings: Euodus and Hermogenes
- Nicholas of Kourtaliotis
- Righteous Joshua, Son of Nun
- Saint Meletios the Younger (1095-1124)
- Holy New Martyr Angelis (1680)
Hymns and lives of the saints are on the Online Chapel of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.