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Daily Readings
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Saturday, 6th March 2021 --- 27 Amshir 1737
Readings for Saturday, 6th March 2021 --- 27 Amshir 1737
Vespers
Vespers Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 17 : 1 - 2
Chapter 17
| 1 | Hear a just cause, O LORD, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.
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| 2 | Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.
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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Vespers Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Luke 17 : 3 - 6
Chapter 17
| 3 | Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
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| 4 | And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, "I repent,' you shall forgive him."
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| 5 | And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
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| 6 | So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, "Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
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And Glory be to God forever.
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Matins
Matins Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 119 : 49,52
Chapter 119
| 49 | Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.
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| 52 | I remembered Your judgments of old, O LORD, And have comforted myself.
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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Matins Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Mark the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Mark 13 : 33 - 37
Chapter 13
| 33 | Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.
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| 34 | It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
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| 35 | Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning--
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| 36 | lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.
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| 37 | And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"
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And Glory be to God forever.
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Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Corinthians .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
2 Corinthians 6 : 14 - 7 : 16
Chapter 6
| 14 | Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
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| 15 | And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
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| 16 | And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people."
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| 17 | Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you."
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| 18 | "I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty."
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Chapter 7
| 1 | Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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| 2 | Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one.
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| 3 | I do not say this to condemn; for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.
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| 4 | Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
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| 5 | For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears.
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| 6 | Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
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| 7 | and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
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| 8 | For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while.
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| 9 | Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.
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| 10 | For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
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| 11 | For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
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| 12 | Therefore, although I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.
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| 13 | Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
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| 14 | For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I am not ashamed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus was found true.
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| 15 | And his affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.
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| 16 | Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.
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The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
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Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 1 of St. Peter .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 Peter 1 : 1 - 12
Chapter 1
| 1 | Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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| 2 | elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
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| 3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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| 4 | to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
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| 5 | who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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| 6 | In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
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| 7 | that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
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| 8 | whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
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| 9 | receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls.
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| 10 | Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
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| 11 | searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
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| 12 | To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.
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Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 21 : 1 - 14
Chapter 21
| 1 | Now it came to pass, that when we had departed from them and set sail, running a straight course we came to Cos, the following day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
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| 2 | And finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.
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| 3 | When we had sighted Cyprus, we passed it on the left, sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
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| 4 | And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days. They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
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| 5 | When we had come to the end of those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And we knelt down on the shore and prayed.
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| 6 | When we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship, and they returned home.
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| 7 | And when we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, greeted the brethren, and stayed with them one day.
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| 8 | On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
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| 9 | Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
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| 10 | And as we stayed many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
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| 11 | When he had come to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, "So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles."'
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| 12 | Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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| 13 | Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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| 14 | So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."
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The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
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Synaxarium
Day 27 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Amshir, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins after forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers.
Amen.
The Twenty-Seventh Day of the Blessed Month of Amshir
Departure of St.Eustathius, Patriarch
of Antioch
On this day of the year 330 A.D., St. Eustathius, Patriarch
of Antioch, departed in exile. He was enthroned Patriarch of Antioch during
the reign of the righteous Emperor Constantine the Great. He was righteous
and well learned. He attended the Nicene Council, and the fathers gathered
there agreed on excommunicating Arius and exiling him and all those who
believed in his teachings. Those were Eusabius the Nicomedian; Thaoghonius,
Bishop of Nicea; and Eusabius, Bishop of Caesarea. After the council was
concluded and the fathers went back to their parishes, those who were excommunicated
pretended that they wished to go to Jerusalem, but instead they went to
Antioch. There, they enticed a harlot with money and other things in order
to accuse St. Eustathius the Patriarch that he fathered a child from her.
She took the money and went to the church and said as they had instructed
her. They pretended to disbelieve her and said, "Bring forth your proof
if you are truthful in what you are saying. We will not accept your statement
unless you swear on the Bible that what you claim against this father is
true." She swore to them and they replied, "We do not need any more proof."
They condemned St. Eustathius and judged to strip
him from his episcopal rank. They informed Emperor Constantine saying:
"A council of clerics judged to remove Fr. Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch,
from his office". The Emperor believed their unfounded judgement, and he
deposed and banished St. Eustathius to Thrace where the saint remained
until his departure. The Lord God, Who loves His holy servants, did not
neglect to reveal the truth. The woman became ill with a debilitating long
illness and suffered great pain. She realized that her suffering was a
punishment for her false accusation against the Saint. She came and confessed
before the people of the city that the charge she had brought against St.
Eustathius the patriarch was untrue. She pointed at those who bribed her
with money to lie. She indicated that the Patriarch was innocent and that
the child was born to another man whose name was the same as the Patriarch.
They convinced her to swear against the Saint but at the same time to mean
in heart her friend who was the father of the child, to be saved from falsely
swearing. The priests resumed mentioning the name of St. Eustathius in
the divine liturgy after his innocence was evident. He was eulogized and
praised by St. John Chrysostom (of the Golden Mouth) on the day of his
commemoration.
May His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
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Divine Psalm
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet, and the Good King.
May his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 95 : 1 - 2
Chapter 95
| 1 | Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
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| 2 | Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
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Hallelujah.
Divine Gospel
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Luke 13 : 1 - 5
Chapter 13
| 1 | There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
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| 2 | And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
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| 3 | I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
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| 4 | Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?
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| 5 | I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
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And Glory be to God forever.
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Acknowledgement
Opening page