May 16, 2033

Events of the day

• Martyrs Timothy and Maura; St Theodosius of the Kiev Caves

  Polyeleos rank

• Afterfeast: Pascha. The Bright Resurrection of Christ

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 5:15–6:3

• Vespers

  Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9

• 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

  Acts 10:1–16

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  ¹Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

  ²a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

  ³At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

  ⁴He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

  ⁵Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is also called Peter.

  ⁶He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.

  ⁷When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.

  ⁸Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

  ⁹Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

  ¹⁰He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.

  ¹¹He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

  ¹²in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.

  ¹³A voice came to him, “Rise, Peter, kill and eat!”

  ¹⁴But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”

  ¹⁵A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”

  ¹⁶This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.

• Epistle · St Theodosius

  Hebrews 13:7–16

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  ⁷Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

  ⁸Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

  ⁹Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

  ¹⁰We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

  ¹¹For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.

  ¹²Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.

  ¹³Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.

  ¹⁴For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

  ¹⁵Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

  ¹⁶But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

• Gospel

  John 6:56–69

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  ⁵⁶He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.

  ⁵⁷As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

  ⁵⁸This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

  ⁵⁹He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

  ⁶⁰Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”

  ⁶¹But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?

  ⁶²Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

  ⁶³It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

  ⁶⁴But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.

  ⁶⁵He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

  ⁶⁶At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

  ⁶⁷Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?”

  ⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  ⁶⁹We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

• 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