Saturday, August 9, 2059

Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon

Fasting: No fastSix-sticheraJulian: July 27

Epistle

Romans 12.1-3

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1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.Log in to add notes

2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.Log in to add notes

3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.Log in to add notes

Epistle — St Panteleimon

2 Timothy 2.1-10

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1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.Log in to add notes

2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.Log in to add notes

3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes

4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.Log in to add notes

5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.Log in to add notes

6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.Log in to add notes

7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.Log in to add notes

8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:Log in to add notes

9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.Log in to add notes

10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 10.37-11.1

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10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Log in to add notes

10:38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.Log in to add notes

10:39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.Log in to add notes

10:40He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.Log in to add notes

10:41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.Log in to add notes

10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.Log in to add notes

11:1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.Log in to add notes

Gospel — St Panteleimon

John 15.17-16.2

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15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.Log in to add notes

15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.Log in to add notes

15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.Log in to add notes

15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.Log in to add notes

15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.Log in to add notes

15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.Log in to add notes

15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.Log in to add notes

15:24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.Log in to add notes

15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.Log in to add notes

15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:Log in to add notes

15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.Log in to add notes

16:1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.Log in to add notes

16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.Log in to add notes