Monday

January 24, 2033

11 January (Old Style) · 32nd week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

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Month calendar

Events of the day

St Theodosius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism; St Michael of Klops

Polyeleos rank

Afterfeast: Holy Theophany. The Baptism of the Lord

Fasting

No fast

No fast today.

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

Readings of the day

Vespers

Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9
Vespers

Wisdom of Solomon 5:15–6:3
Vespers

Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15
Matins Gospel

Luke 6:17–23

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¹⁷He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
¹⁸as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.
¹⁹All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.
²⁰He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.
²¹Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
²²Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
²³Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
Epistle

James 2:14–26

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¹⁴What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
¹⁵And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
¹⁶and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
¹⁷Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
¹⁸Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
¹⁹You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
²⁰But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
²¹Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
²²You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
²³So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
²⁴You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.
²⁵In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
²⁶For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Epistle · St Theodosius

2 Corinthians 4:6–15

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⁶seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
⁷But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
⁸We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
⁹pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
¹⁰always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
¹¹For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
¹²So then death works in us, but life in you.
¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak;
¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
¹⁵For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Gospel

Mark 9:42–10:1

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⁴²Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
⁴³If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
⁴⁴‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
⁴⁵If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—
⁴⁶‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
⁴⁷If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
⁴⁸‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
⁴⁹For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
⁵⁰Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
¹He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
Gospel · St Theodosius

Matthew 11:27–30

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²⁷All 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.”

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

Saints and icons

Prayer of the day: Morning prayer of St Macarius the Great