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Daily Readings
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Friday, 26th April 2024 --- 18 Baramoudah 1740
Feast of Pascha
Season Sunday of the Holy Resurrection.
Tune : Festal
Strict Abstinence
Theme of the day : Christ is Risen from the Dead Trampling Death
Verse of the Day :
Mark 16 : 6
Chapter 16
| 6 | But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.
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Matins
Psalms 78 : 65,69
Chapter 78
| 65 | Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
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| 69 | And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.
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Mark 16 : 2 - 11
Chapter 16
| 2 | Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
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| 3 | And they said among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"
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| 4 | But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away--for it was very large.
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| 5 | And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.
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| 6 | But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.
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| 7 | But go, tell His disciples--and Peter--that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you."
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| 8 | So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
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| 9 | Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.
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| 10 | She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept.
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| 11 | And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
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The Liturgy
1 Corinthians 15 : 23 - 49
Chapter 15
| 23 | But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.
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| 24 | Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
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| 25 | For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
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| 26 | The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
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| 27 | For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.
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| 28 | Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
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| 29 | Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?
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| 30 | And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?
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| 31 | I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
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| 32 | If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"
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| 33 | Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."
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| 34 | Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
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| 35 | But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?"
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| 36 | Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
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| 37 | And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain--perhaps wheat or some other grain.
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| 38 | But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
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| 39 | All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
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| 40 | There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
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| 41 | There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
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| 42 | So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
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| 43 | It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
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| 44 | It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
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| 45 | And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
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| 46 | However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.
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| 47 | The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.
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| 48 | As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.
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| 49 | And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
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1 Peter 3 : 15 - 4 : 6
Chapter 3
| 15 | But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
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| 16 | having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
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| 17 | For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
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| 18 | For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
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| 19 | by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
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| 20 | who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
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| 21 | There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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| 22 | who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
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Chapter 4
| 1 | Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
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| 2 | that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
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| 3 | For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
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| 4 | In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
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| 5 | They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
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| 6 | For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
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Acts 2 : 22 - 28
Chapter 2
| 22 | "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know--
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| 23 | Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
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| 24 | whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
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| 25 | For David says concerning Him: "I foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.
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| 26 | Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.
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| 27 | For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
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| 28 | You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.'
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Psalms 118 : 24,25,27
Chapter 118
| 24 | This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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| 25 | Save now, I pray, O LORD; O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.
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| 27 | God is the LORD, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
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John 20 : 1 - 18
Chapter 20
| 1 | Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
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| 2 | Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him."
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| 3 | Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb.
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| 4 | So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
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| 5 | And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.
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| 6 | Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,
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| 7 | and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself.
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| 8 | Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed.
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| 9 | For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
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| 10 | Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.
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| 11 | But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.
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| 12 | And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
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| 13 | Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him."
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| 14 | Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.
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| 15 | Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away."
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| 16 | Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which is to say, Teacher).
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| 17 | Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God."'
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| 18 | Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.
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Evening
Psalms 96 : 10
Chapter 96
| 10 | Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously."
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John 20 : 19 - 23
Chapter 20
| 19 | Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."
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| 20 | When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
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| 21 | So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
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| 22 | And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
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| 23 | If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
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