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5th Thursday after Pascha
2025-05-22
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 05/22/2025
Saints and Feasts: 5th Thursday after Pascha; Basiliscus the Martyr, Bishop of Comana; Holy New Martyrs Demetrius and Paul of Tripoli; John-Vladimir, Ruler of Serbia
Epistle Reading: Acts 14:20-28;15.1-4
IN THOSE DAYS, Paul went on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to lconion and to Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. Then they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia; and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. And when they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remained no little time with the disciples. But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren. And when they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
Gospel Reading: John 9:39-10:9
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”

Τη Πέμπτη της Ε΄ Εβδομάδος
2025-05-22
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Πέμπτη, 22 Μαίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Τη Πέμπτη της Ε΄ Εβδομάδος; Μάρτυρος Βασιλίσκου; Νεομαρτύρων Δημητρίου και Παύλου των εν Τριπόλει; Ιωάννης ο Βλαδίμηρος, ο βασιλεύς και θαυματουργός
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Πράξ. 14:20-28, 15:1-4
Εν ταις ημεραίς εκείναις, εξήλθε ο Παύλος σύν τω Βαρνάβα εις Δέρβην. Ευαγγελισάμενοί τε την πόλιν εκείνην, και μαθητεύσαντες ικανούς, υπέστρεψαν εις την Λύστραν και Ικόνιον και Αντιόχειαν, επιστηρίζοντες τάς ψυχάς των μαθητών, παρακαλούντες εμμένειν τη πίστει, και ότι διά πολλών θλίψεων δεί ημάς εισελθείν εις την βασιλείαν του θεού. Χειροτονήσαντες δε αυτοίς πρεσβυτέρους κατʼ εκκλησίαν, προσευξάμενοι μετά νηστειών, παρέθεντο αυτούς τω κυρίω εις όν πεπιστεύκεισαν. Και διελθόντες την Πισιδίαν ήλθον εις Παμφυλίαν. Και λαλήσαντες εν Πέργη τον λόγον, κατέβησαν εις Αττάλειαν· κακείθεν απέπλευσαν εις Αντιόχειαν, όθεν ήσαν παραδεδομένοι τη χάριτι του θεού εις το έργον ό επλήρωσαν. Παραγενόμενοι δε και συναγαγόντες την εκκλησίαν, ανήγγειλαν όσα εποίησεν ο θεός μετʼ αυτών, και ότι ήνοιξεν τοις έθνεσιν θύραν πίστεως. Διέτριβον δε εκείN χρόνον ουκ ολίγον σύν τοις μαθηταίς. Και τινες κατελθόντες από της Ιουδαίας, εδίδασκον τους αδελφούς ότι Εάν μή περιτέμνησθε τω έθει Μωϋσέως, ου δύνασθε σωθήναι. Γενομένης ούν στάσεως και ζητήσεως ουκ ολίγης τω Παύλω και τω Βαρνάβα πρός αυτούς, έταξαν αναβαίνειν Παύλον και Βαρνάβαν και τινας άλλους εξ αυτών πρός τους αποστόλους και πρεσβυτέρους εις Ιερουσαλήμ περί του ζητήματος τούτου. Οι μέν ούν, προπεμφθέντες υπό της εκκλησίας, διήρχοντο την Φοινίκην και Σαμάρειαν, εκδιηγούμενοι την επιστροφήν των εθνών· και εποίουν χαράν μεγάλην πάσιν τοις αδελφοίς. Παραγενόμενοι δε εις Ιερουσαλήμ, απεδέχθησαν υπό της εκκλησίας και των αποστόλων και των πρεσβυτέρων, ανήγγειλάν τε όσα ο θεός εποίησεν μετʼ αυτών.
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Ιωάννην 9:39-10:9
Είπεν ο Κύριος πρός τους εληλυθότας πρός αυτόν Ιουδαίους· Εις κρίμα εγώ εις τον κόσμον τούτον ήλθον, ίνα οι μή βλέποντες βλέπωσι και οι βλέποντες τυφλοί γένωνται. Και ήκουσαν εκ των Φαρισαίων ταύτα οι όντες μετ᾽ αυτού, και είπον αυτώ· Μή και ημείς τυφλοί εσμεν; Είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς· Ει τυφλοί ήτε, ουκ άν είχετε αμαρτίαν· νύν δε λέγετε ότι βλέπομεν· η ούν αμαρτία υμών μένει.
Αμήν αμήν λέγω υμίν, ο μή εισερχόμενος διά της θύρας εις την αυλήν των προβάτων, αλλά αναβαίνων αλλαχόθεν, εκείνος κλέπτης εστί και ληστής· ο δε εισερχόμενος διά της θύρας ποιμήν εστι των προβάτων. Tούτω ο θυρωρός ανοίγει, και τα πρόβατα της φωνής αυτού ακούει, και τα ίδια πρόβατα καλεί κατ᾽ όνομα και εξάγει αυτά. Και όταν τα ίδια πρόβατα εκβάλη, έμπροσθεν αυτών πορεύεται, και τα πρόβατα αυτώ ακολουθεί, ότι οίδασι την φωνήν αυτού· αλλοτρίω δε ου μή ακολουθήσωσιν, αλλά φεύξονται απ᾽ αυτού, ότι ουκ οίδασι των αλλοτρίων την φωνήν. Ταύτην την παροιμίαν είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς· εκείνοι δε ουκ έγνωσαν τίνα ήν ά ελάλει αυτοίς. Είπεν ούν πάλιν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς· Αμήν αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι εγώ ειμι η θύρα των προβάτων. Πάντες όσοι ήλθον πρό εμού, κλέπται εισί και λησταί· αλλ᾽ ουκ ήκουσαν αυτών τα πρόβατα. Εγώ ειμι η θύρα· δι᾽ εμού εάν τις εισέλθη, σωθήσεται, και εισελεύσεται και εξελεύσεται, και νομήν ευρήσει.

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2025-05-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)

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Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada
2025-05-23
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 05/23/2025
Saints and Feasts: Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife of Cleopas
Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
Epistle Reading: Acts 15:5-12
IN THOSE DAYS, some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up, and said, “it is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.” The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us; and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith. Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.” And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
Gospel Reading: John 10:17-28
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father.”
There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. Many of them said, “He has a demon, and he is mad; why listen to him?” Others said, “These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness to me; but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life.”

Οσίου και Ομολογητού Μιχαήλ, Επισκόπου Συνάδων
2025-05-23
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Παρασκευή, 23 Μαίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Οσίου και Ομολογητού Μιχαήλ, Επισκόπου Συνάδων; Μαρία η Μυροφόρος
Ημέρα Νηστείας (Κατάλυσις οίνου και ελαίου)
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Πράξ. 15:5-12
Εν ταις ημεραίς εκείναις, εξανέστησαν δε τινες των από της αιρέσεως των Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες, λέγοντες ότι Δεί περιτέμνειν αυτούς, παραγγέλλειν τε τηρείν τον νόμον Μωϋσέως. Συνήχθησαν δε οι απόστολοι και οι πρεσβύτεροι ιδείν περί του λόγου τούτου. Πολλής δε συζητήσεως γενομένης, αναστάς Πέτρος είπεν πρός αυτούς, Άνδρες αδελφοί, υμείς επίστασθε ότι αφʼ ημερών αρχαίων ο θεός εν ημίν εξελέξατο, διά του στόματός μου ακούσαι τα έθνη τον λόγον του ευαγγελίου, και πιστεύσαι. Και ο καρδιογνώστης θεός εμαρτύρησεν αυτοίς, δούς αυτοίς το πνεύμα το άγιον, καθώς και ημίν· και ουδέν διέκρινεν μεταξύ ημών τε και αυτών, τη πίστει καθαρίσας τάς καρδίας αυτών. Νύν ούν τί πειράζετε τον θεόν, επιθείναι ζυγόν επί τον τράχηλον των μαθητών, όν ούτε οι πατέρες ημών ούτε ημείς ισχύσαμεν βαστάσαι; Αλλά διά της χάριτος του κυρίου Ιησού πιστεύομεν σωθήναι, καθʼ όν τρόπον κακείνοι. Εσίγησεν δε πάν το πλήθος, και ήκουον Βαρνάβα και Παύλου εξηγουμένων όσα εποίησεν ο θεός σημεία και τέρατα εν τοις έθνεσιν διʼ αυτών.
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Ιωάννην 10:17-28
Είπεν ο Κύριος πρός τους εληλυθότας πρός αυτόν Ιουδαίους· διά τούτο ο πατήρ με αγαπά, ότι εγώ τίθημι την ψυχήν μου, ίνα πάλιν λάβω αυτήν. ουδείς αίρει αυτήν απ᾽ εμού, αλλ᾽ εγώ τίθημι αυτήν απ᾽ εμαυτού· εξουσίαν έχω θείναι αυτήν, και εξουσίαν έχω πάλιν λαβείν αυτήν· ταύτην την εντολήν έλαβον παρά του πατρός μου. Σχίσμα ούν πάλιν εγένετο εν τοις ᾿Ιουδαίοις διά τους λόγους τούτους. έλεγον δε πολλοί εξ αυτών· δαιμόνιον έχει και μαίνεται· τί αυτού ακούετε; άλλοι έλεγον· ταύτα τα ρήματα ουκ έστι δαιμονιζομένου· μή δαιμόνιον δύναται τυφλών οφθαλμούς ανοίγειν;
᾿Εγένετο δε τα εγκαίνια εν τοις ῾Ιεροσολύμοις, και χειμών ήν· καί περιεπάτει ο ᾿Ιησούς εν τω ιερώ εν τη στοά του Σολομώντος. εκύκλωσαν ούν αυτόν οι ᾿Ιουδαίοι και έλεγον αυτώ· έως πότε την ψυχήν ημών αίρεις; ει σύ ει ο Χριστός, ειπέ ημίν παρρησία. απεκρίθη αυτοίς ο ᾿Ιησούς· είπον υμίν, και ου πιστεύετε· τα έργα ά εγώ ποιώ εν τω ονόματι του πατρός μου, ταύτα μαρτυρεί περί εμού· αλλ᾽ υμείς ου πιστεύετε· ου γαρ εστε εκ των προβάτων των εμών, καθώς είπον υμίν. τά πρόβατα τα εμά της φωνής μου ακούει, καγώ γινώσκω αυτά, και ακολουθούσί μοι, καγώ ζωήν αιώνιον δίδωμι αυτοίς.

Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain
2025-05-24
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 05/24/2025
Saints and Feasts: Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain; Saint Vincent of Lerins; Meletios the Commander & his Companion Martyrs; Gregory, Archbishop of Novgorod
Epistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41
IN THOSE DAYS, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Gospel Reading: John 10:27-38
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’ If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken), do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe my works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

Οσίου Συμεών του εν τω Θαυμαστώ όρει
2025-05-24
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Σάββατο, 24 Μαίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Οσίου Συμεών του εν τω Θαυμαστώ όρει; Βικέντιος Λερινού; Μελέτιος ο στρατηλάτης και οι σύν αυτω; Γρηγόριος, Αρχιεπίσκοπος του Νοβγορόντ
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Πράξ. 15:35-41
Εν ταις ημεραίς εκείναις, Παύλος δε και Βαρνάβας διέτριβον εν Αντιοχεία, διδάσκοντες και ευαγγελιζόμενοι, μετά και ετέρων πολλών, τον λόγον του κυρίου. Μετά δε τινας ημέρας είπεν Παύλος πρός Βαρνάβαν, Επιστρέψαντες δή επισκεψώμεθα τους αδελφούς ημών κατά πάσαν πόλιν, εν αίς κατηγγείλαμεν τον λόγον του κυρίου, πώς έχουσιν. Βαρνάβας δε εβουλεύσατο συμπαραλαβείν τον Ιωάννην, τον καλούμενον Μάρκον. Παύλος δε ηξίου, τον αποστάντα απʼ αυτών από Παμφυλίας, και μή συνελθόντα αυτοίς εις το έργον, μή συμπαραλαβείν τούτον. Εγένετο ούν παροξυσμός, ώστε αποχωρισθήναι αυτούς απʼ αλλήλων, τον τε Βαρνάβαν παραλαβόντα τον Μάρκον εκπλεύσαι εις Κύπρον· Παύλος δε επιλεξάμενος Σίλαν εξήλθεν, παραδοθείς τη χάριτι του θεού υπό των αδελφών. Διήρχετο δε την Συρίαν και Κιλικίαν, επιστηρίζων τάς εκκλησίας.
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Ιωάννην 10:27-38
Είπεν ο Κύριος πρός τους εληλυθότας πρός αυτόν Ιουδαίους· τά πρόβατα τα εμά της φωνής μου ακούει, καγώ γινώσκω αυτά, και ακολουθούσί μοι, καγώ ζωήν αιώνιον δίδωμι αυτοίς, και ου μή απόλωνται εις τον αιώνα, και ουχ αρπάσει τις αυτά εκ της χειρός μου. ο πατήρ μου, ός δέδωκέ μοι, μείζων πάντων εστί, και ουδείς δύναται αρπάζειν εκ της χειρός του πατρός μου. εγώ και ο πατήρ έν εσμεν.
᾿Εβάστασαν ούν πάλιν λίθους οι ᾿Ιουδαίοι ίνα λιθάσωσιν αυτόν. απεκρίθη αυτοίς ο ᾿Ιησούς· πολλά καλά έργα έδειξα υμίν εκ του πατρός μου· διά ποίον αυτών έργον λιθάζετέ με; απεκρίθησαν αυτώ οι ᾿Ιουδαίοι λέγοντες· περί καλού έργου ου λιθάζομέν σε, αλλά περί βλασφημίας, και ότι σύ άνθρωπος ών ποιείς σεαυτόν Θεόν. απεκρίθη αυτοίς ο ᾿Ιησούς· ουκ έστι γεγραμμένον εν τω νόμω υμών, εγώ είπα, θεοί εστε; ει εκείνους είπε θεούς, πρός ούς ο λόγος του Θεού εγένετο, και ου δύναται λυθήναι η γραφή, όν ο πατήρ ηγίασε και απέστειλεν εις τον κόσμον, υμείς λέγετε ότι βλασφημείς, ότι είπον, υιός του Θεού ειμι; ει ου ποιώ τα έργα του πατρός μου, μή πιστεύετέ μοι· ει δε ποιώ, κάν εμοί μή πιστεύητε, τοις έργοις πιστεύσατε, ίνα γνώτε και πιστεύσητε ότι εν εμοί ο πατήρ καγώ εν αυτώ.

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Sunday of the Blind Man
2025-05-25
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 05/25/2025
Saints and Feasts: Sunday of the Blind Man; Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist; Therapon the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Cyprus; Finding of the Icon of St. Demetrios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer on Syros; Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
Matins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18
At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 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.” Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, “Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.” Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and she told them that He had said these things to her.
Epistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15
Brethren, it is the God who said, “Let light 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 Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
Gospel Reading: John 9:1-38
At that time, as Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?” Some said, “It is he”; others said, “No, but he is like him.” He said, “I am the man.” They said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered, “The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went and washed and received my sight.” They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put clay on my eyes and I washed, and I see.” Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was a division among them. So they again said to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight, and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, “He is of age, ask him.”
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner.” He answered, “Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.” They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?” And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” The man answered, “Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of man?” He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you.” He said, “Lord, I believe”; and he worshiped him.

Κυριακή ΣΤ' του Τυφλού
2025-05-25
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Κυριακή, 25 Μαίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Κυριακή ΣΤ’ του Τυφλού; Η τρίτη εύρεσις της τιμίας Κεφαλής του Αγίου και ενδόξου Προφήτου, Προδρόμου και Βαπτιστού Ιωάννου; Θεράπων, ο Ιερομάρτυς, επίσκοπος του Κύπρου; Μνήμη ευρέσεως της ιεράς εικόνος του Αγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Δημητρίου του Μυροβλύτου; Αλδέλμος Επίσκοπος Σέρμπορν
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου Όρθρου: Κατά Ιωάννην 20:11-18
Τω καιρώ εκείνω, Μαρία ειστήκει πρός το μνημείον κλαίουσα έξω· ως ούν έκλαιε, παρέκυψεν εις το μνημείον, και θεωρεί δύο αγγέλους εν λευκοίς καθεζομένους, ένα πρός τη κεφαλή, και ένα πρός τοις ποσίν, όπου έκειτο το σώμα του Ιησού, και λέγουσιν αυτή εκείνοι· Γύναι, τί κλαίεις; λέγει αυτοίς· Ότι ᾖραν τον Κύριόν μου, και ουκ οίδα πού έθηκαν αυτόν· και ταύτα ειπούσα εστράφη εις τα οπίσω, και θεωρεί τον Ιησούν εστώτα, και ουκ ᾒδει ότι Ιησούς εστι. Λέγει αυτή ο Ιησούς· Γύναι, τί κλαίεις; τίνα ζητείς; εκείνη δοκούσα ότι ο κηπουρός εστι, λέγει αυτώ· Κύριε, ει σύ εβάστασας αυτόν, ειπέ μοι πού αυτόν έθηκας, κᾀγώ αυτόν αρώ· λέγει αυτή ο Ιησούς· Μαρία· στραφείσα εκείνη λέγει αυτώ· Ῥαββουνί· ό λέγεται Διδάσκαλε· λέγει αυτή ο Ιησούς, Μή μου άπτου· ούπω γαρ αναβέβηκα πρός τον πατέρα μου, πορεύου δε πρός τους αδελφούς μου, και ειπέ αυτοίς· Αναβαίνω πρός τον πατέρα μου και πατέρα υμών, και Θεόν μου και Θεόν υμών· έρχεται Μαρία η Μαγδαληνή απαγγέλλουσα τοις μαθηταίς ότι εώρακε τον Κύριον· και ταύτα είπεν αυτή.
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Β’ Κορινθ. 4:6-15
Αδελφοί, ο θεός ο ειπών εκ σκότους φώς λάμψαι, ός έλαμψεν εν ταις καρδίαις ημών πρός φωτισμόν της γνώσεως της δόξης του θεού εν προσώπω Ιησού Χριστού. Έχομεν δε τον θησαυρόν τούτον εν οστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ίνα η υπερβολή της δυνάμεως ᾖ του θεού, και μή εξ ημών· εν παντί θλιβόμενοι, αλλʼ ου στενοχωρούμενοι· απορούμενοι, αλλʼ ουκ εξαπορούμενοι· διωκόμενοι, αλλʼ ουκ εγκαταλειπόμενοι· καταβαλλόμενοι, αλλʼ ουκ απολλύμενοι· πάντοτε την νέκρωσιν του κυρίου Ιησού εν τω σώματι περιφέροντες, ίνα και η ζωή του Ιησού εν τω σώματι ημών φανερωθή. Αεί γαρ ημείς οι ζώντες εις θάνατον παραδιδόμεθα διά Ιησούν, ίνα και η ζωή του Ιησού φανερωθή εν τη θνητή σαρκί ημών. Ώστε ο μέν θάνατος εν ημίν ενεργείται, η δε ζωή εν υμίν. Έχοντες δε το αυτό πνεύμα της πίστεως, κατά το γεγραμμένον, Επίστευσα, διό ελάλησα, και ημείς πιστεύομεν, διό και λαλούμεν· ειδότες ότι ο εγείρας τον κύριον Ιησούν και ημάς διά Ιησού εγερεί, και παραστήσει σύν υμίν. Τα γαρ πάντα διʼ υμάς, ίνα η χάρις πλεονάσασα διά των πλειόνων την ευχαριστίαν περισσεύση εις την δόξαν του θεού.
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Ιωάννην 9:1-38
Τω καιρώ εκείνω, παράγων είδεν άνθρωπον τυφλόν εκ γενετής. Και ηρώτησαν αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού λέγοντες· ραββί, τίς ήμαρτεν, ούτος ή οι γονείς αυτού, ίνα τυφλός γεννηθή; απεκρίθη ᾿Ιησούς· ούτε ούτος ήμαρτεν ούτε οι γονείς αυτού, αλλ᾽ ίνα φανερωθή τα έργα του Θεού εν αυτώ. εμέ δεί εργάζεσθαι τα έργα του πέμψαντός με έως ημέρα εστίν· έρχεται νύξ ότε ουδείς δύναται εργάζεσθαι. όταν εν τω κόσμω ᾦ, φώς ειμι του κόσμου. ταύτα ειπών έπτυσε χαμαί και εποίησε πηλόν εκ του πτύσματος, και επέχρισε τον πηλόν επί τους οφθαλμούς του τυφλού καί είπεν αυτώ· ύπαγε νίψαι εις την κολυμβήθραν του Σιλωάμ, ό ερμηνεύεται απεσταλμένος. απήλθεν ούν και ενίψατο, και ήλθε βλέπων. Οι ούν γείτονες και οι θεωρούντες αυτόν το πρότερον ότι τυφλός ήν, έλεγον· ουχ ούτός εστιν ο καθήμενος και προσαιτών; άλλοι έλεγον ότι ούτός εστιν· άλλοι δε ότι όμοιος αυτώ εστιν. εκείνος έλεγεν ότι εγώ ειμι. έλεγον ούν αυτώ· πώς ανεῴχθησάν σου οι οφθαλμοί; απεκρίθη εκείνος και είπεν· άνθρωπος λεγόμενος ᾿Ιησούς πηλόν εποίησε και επέχρισέ μου τους οφθαλμούς και είπέ μοι· ύπαγε εις την κολυμβήθραν του Σιλωάμ και νίψαι· απελθών δε και νιψάμενος ανέβλεψα. είπον ούν αυτώ· πού εστιν εκείνος; λέγει· ουκ οίδα. ῎Αγουσιν αυτόν πρός τους Φαρισαίους, τόν ποτε τυφλόν. ήν δε σάββατον ότε τον πηλόν εποίησεν ο ᾿Ιησούς και ανέωξεν αυτού τους οφθαλμούς. πάλιν ούν ηρώτων αυτόν και οι Φαρισαίοι πώς ανέβλεψεν. ο δε είπεν αυτοίς· πηλόν επέθηκέ μου επί τους οφθαλμούς, και ενιψάμην, και βλέπω. έλεγον ούν εκ των Φαρισαίων τινές· ούτος ο άνθρωπος ουκ έστι παρά του Θεού, ότι το σάββατον ου τηρεί. άλλοι έλεγον· πώς δύναται άνθρωπος αμαρτωλός τοιαύτα σημεία ποιείν; και σχίσμα ήν εν αυτοίς. λέγουσι τω τυφλώ πάλιν· σύ τί λέγεις περί αυτού, ότι ήνοιξέ σου τους οφθαλμούς; ο δε είπεν ότι προφήτης εστίν. ουκ επίστευσαν ούν οι ᾿Ιουδαίοι περί αυτού ότι τυφλός ήν και ανέβλεψεν, έως ότου εφώνησαν τους γονείς αυτού του αναβλέψαντος καί ηρώτησαν αυτούς λέγοντες· ούτός εστιν ο υιός υμών, όν υμείς λέγετε ότι τυφλός εγεννήθη; πώς ούν άρτι βλέπει; απεκρίθησαν δε αυτοίς οι γονείς αυτού και είπον· οίδαμεν ότι ούτός εστιν ο υιός ημών και ότι τυφλός εγεννήθη· πώς δε νύν βλέπει ουκ οίδαμεν, ή τίς ήνοιξεν αυτού τους οφθαλμούς ημείς ουκ οίδαμεν· αυτός ηλικίαν έχει, αυτόν ερωτήσατε, αυτός περί εαυτού λαλήσει. ταύτα είπον οι γονείς αυτού, ότι εφοβούντο τους ᾿Ιουδαίους· ήδη γαρ συνετέθειντο οι ᾿Ιουδαίοι ίνα, εάν τις αυτόν ομολογήση Χριστόν, αποσυνάγωγος γένηται. διά τούτο οι γονείς αυτού είπον ότι ηλικίαν έχει, αυτόν ερωτήσατε. εφώνησαν ούν εκ δευτέρου τον άνθρωπον ός ήν τυφλός, και είπον αυτώ· δός δόξαν τω Θεώ· ημείς οίδαμεν ότι ο άνθρωπος ούτος αμαρτωλός εστιν. απεκρίθη ούν εκείνος και είπεν· ει αμαρτωλός εστιν ουκ οίδα· έν οίδα, ότι τυφλός ών άρτι βλέπω. είπον δε αυτώ πάλιν· τί εποίησέ σοι; πώς ήνοιξέ σου τους οφθαλμούς; απεκρίθη αυτοίς· είπον υμίν ήδη, και ουκ ηκούσατε· τί πάλιν θέλετε ακούειν; μή και υμείς θέλετε αυτού μαθηταί γενέσθαι; ελοιδόρησαν αυτόν και είπον· σύ ει μαθητής εκείνου· ημείς δε του Μωϋσέως εσμέν μαθηταί. ημείς οίδαμεν ότι Μωϋσεί λελάληκεν ο Θεός· τούτον δε ουκ οίδαμεν πόθεν εστίν. απεκρίθη ο άνθρωπος και είπεν αυτοίς· εν γαρ τούτω θαυμαστόν εστιν, ότι υμείς ουκ οίδατε πόθεν εστί, και ανέωξέ μου τους οφθαλμούς. οίδαμεν δε ότι αμαρτωλών ο Θεός ουκ ακούει, αλλ᾽ εάν τις θεοσεβής ᾖ και το θέλημα αυτού ποιή, τούτου ακούει. εκ του αιώνος ουκ ηκούσθη ότι ήνοιξέ τις οφθαλμούς τυφλού γεγεννημένου. ει μή ήν ούτος παρά Θεού, ουκ ηδύνατο ποιείν ουδέν.απεκρίθησαν και είπον αυτώ· εν αμαρτίαις σύ εγεννήθης όλος, και σύ διδάσκεις ημάς; και εξέβαλον αυτόν έξω.
῎Ηκουσεν ο ᾿Ιησούς ότι εξέβαλον αυτόν έξω, και ευρών αυτόν είπεν αυτώ· σύ πιστεύεις εις τον υιόν του Θεού; απεκρίθη εκείνος και είπε· και τίς εστι, Κύριε, ίνα πιστεύσω εις αυτόν; είπε δε αυτώ ο ᾿Ιησούς· και εώρακας αυτόν και ο λαλών μετά σού εκείνός εστιν. ο δε έφη· πιστεύω, Κύριε· και προσεκύνησεν αυτώ.

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2025-05-25
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6th Monday after Pascha
2025-05-26
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 05/26/2025
Saints and Feasts: 6th Monday after Pascha; Carpos and Alphaeus, Apostles of the 70; Alexandros the New Martyr of Thessaloniki; George the New of Sofia; Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury
Epistle Reading: Acts 17:1-9
IN THOSE DAYS, when the apostles had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people. And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, crying, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Gospel Reading: John 11:47-54
At that time, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nation.” But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all; you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish.” He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.
Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples.

Τη Δευτέρα της ΣΤ΄ Εβδομάδος
2025-05-26
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Δευτέρα, 26 Μαίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Τη Δευτέρα της ΣΤ΄ Εβδομάδος; Κάρπος και Αλφαίος εκ των 70; Νεομάρτυρος Αλεξάνδρου εκ Θεσσαλονίκης; Γεώργιος ο Νέος της Σοφίας; Αυγουστίνος Αρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Πράξ. 17:1-9
Εν ταις ημεραίς εκείναις, διοδεύσαντες δε την Αμφίπολιν και Απολλωνίαν, ήλθον εις Θεσσαλονίκην, όπου ήν η συναγωγή των Ιουδαίων· κατά δε το ειωθός τω Παύλω εισήλθεν πρός αυτούς, και επί σάββατα τρία διελέξατο αυτοίς από των γραφών, διανοίγων και παρατιθέμενος, ότι Τον Χριστόν έδει παθείν και αναστήναι εκ νεκρών, και ότι Ούτός εστιν ο Χριστός Ιησούς, όν εγώ καταγγέλλω υμίν. Και τινες εξ αυτών επείσθησαν, και προσεκληρώθησαν τω Παύλω και τω Σίλα, των τε σεβομένων Ελλήνων πολύ πλήθος, γυναικών τε των πρώτων ουκ ολίγαι. Προσλαβόμενοι δε οι Ιουδαίοι οι απειθούντες, των αγοραίων τινάς άνδρας πονηρούς, και οχλοποιήσαντες, εθορύβουν την πόλιν· επιστάντες τε τη οικία Ιάσονος, εζήτουν αυτούς αγαγείν εις τον δήμον. Μή ευρόντες δε αυτούς, έσυρον τον Ιάσονα και τινας αδελφούς επί τους πολιτάρχας, βοώντες ότι Οι την οικουμένην αναστατώσαντες, ούτοι και ενθάδε πάρεισιν, ούς υποδέδεκται Ιάσων· και ούτοι πάντες απέναντι των δογμάτων Καίσαρος πράσσουσιν, βασιλέα λέγοντες έτερον είναι, Ιησούν. Ετάραξαν δε τον όχλον και τους πολιτάρχας ακούοντας ταύτα. Και λαβόντες το ικανόν παρά του Ιάσονος και των λοιπών, απέλυσαν αυτούς.
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Ιωάννην 11:47-54
Τω καιρώ εκείνω, συνήγαγον ούν οι αρχιερείς και οι Φαρισαίοι συνέδριον και έλεγον· τί ποιούμεν, ότι ούτος ο άνθρωπος πολλά σημεία ποιεί; εάν αφώμεν αυτόν ούτω, πάντες πιστεύσουσιν εις αυτόν, και ελεύσονται οι ῾Ρωμαίοι και αρούσιν ημών και τον τόπον και το έθνος. είς δέ τις εξ αυτών Καϊάφας, αρχιερεύς ών του ενιαυτού εκείνου, είπεν αυτοίς· υμείς ουκ οίδατε ουδέν, ουδέ διαλογίζεσθε ότι συμφέρει ημίν ίνα εις άνθρωπος αποθάνη υπέρ του λαού και μή όλον το έθνος απόληται. τούτο δε αφ᾽ εαυτού ουκ είπεν, αλλά αρχιερεύς ών του ενιαυτού εκείνου προεφήτευσεν ότι έμελλεν ο ᾿Ιησούς αποθνήσκειν υπέρ του έθνους, καί ουχ υπέρ του έθνους μόνον, αλλ᾽ ίνα και τα τέκνα του Θεού τα διεσκορπισμένα συναγάγη εις έν. απ᾽ εκείνης ούν της ημέρας συνεβουλεύσαντο ίνα αποκτείνωσιν αυτόν. ᾿Ιησούς ούν ουκέτι παρρησία περιεπάτει εν τοις ᾿Ιουδαίοις, αλλά απήλθεν εκείθεν εις την χώραν εγγύς της ερήμου, εις ᾿Εφραίμ λεγομένην πόλιν, κακεί διέτριβε μετά των μαθητών αυτού.

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2025-05-26 09:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York)

Greek School
2025-05-26 17:15 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
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The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius
2025-05-27
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 05/27/2025
Saints and Feasts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius; John the Russian of Evia; Theodora the Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr; Venerable Bede
Epistle Reading: Acts 17:19-28
IN THOSE DAYS, the Athenians took hold of Paul and brought him to the Areopagos, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is which you present? For you bring some strange things to our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean.” Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagos, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us, for ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’
Gospel Reading: John 12:19-36
At that time, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing; look, the world has gone after him.”
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour?’ No, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?” Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

Ιερομάρτυς Ελλάδιος
2025-05-27
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Τρίτη, 27 Μαίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Ιερομάρτυς Ελλάδιος; Ιωάννης ο Ομολογητής Ρώσος; Θεοδώρα και Δίδυμος; Βεδέας ο Ομολογητής
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Πράξ. 17:19-28
Εν ταις ημεραίς εκείναις, επιλαβόμενοί τε αυτού, επί τον Άρειον πάγον ήγαγον λέγοντες, Δυνάμεθα γνώναι, τις η καινή αύτη η υπό σού λαλουμένη διδαχή; Ξενίζοντα γαρ τινα εισφέρεις εις τάς ακοάς ημών· βουλόμεθα ούν γνώναι, τίN άν θέλοι ταύτα είναι – Αθηναίοι δε πάντες και οι επιδημούντες ξένοι εις ουδέν έτερον ευκαίρουν, ή λέγειν τι και ακούειν καινότερον. Σταθείς δε ο Παύλος εν μέσω του Αρείου πάγου έφη, Άνδρες Αθηναίοι, κατά πάντα ως δεισιδαιμονεστέρους υμάς θεωρώ. Διερχόμενος γαρ και αναθεωρών τα σεβάσματα υμών, εύρον και βωμόν εν ώ επεγέγραπτο, Αγνώστω θεώ. Όν ούν αγνοούντες ευσεβείτε, τούτον εγώ καταγγέλλω υμίν. Ο θεός ο ποιήσας τον κόσμον και πάντα τα εν αυτώ, ούτος, ουρανού και γής κύριος υπάρχων, ουκ εν χειροποιήτοις ναοίς κατοικεί, ουδέ υπό χειρών ανθρώπων θεραπεύεται, προσδεόμενός τινος, αυτός διδούς πάσιν ζωήν και πνοήν κατάN πάντα· εποίησέν τε εξ ενός αίματος πάν έθνος ανθρώπων, κατοικείν επί πάν το πρόσωπον της γής, ορίσας προστεταγμένους καιρούς και τάς οροθεσίας της κατοικίας αυτών· ζητείν τον κύριον, ει άρα γε ψηλαφήσειαν αυτόν και εύροιεν, και γε ου μακράν από ενός εκάστου ημών υπάρχοντα. Εν αυτώ γαρ ζώμεν και κινούμεθα και εσμεν· ως και τινες των καθʼ υμάς ποιητών ειρήκασιν, Του γαρ και γένος εσμέν.
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Ιωάννην 12:19-36
Τω καιρώ εκείνω, οι ούν Φαρισαίοι είπον πρός εαυτούς· θεωρείτε ότι ουκ ωφελείτε ουδέν; ίδε ο κόσμος οπίσω αυτού απήλθεν. ῏Ησαν δέ τινες ῞Ελληνες εκ των αναβαινόντων ίνα προσκυνήσωσιν εν τη εορτή. ούτοι ούν προσήλθον Φιλίππω τω από Βηθσαϊδά της Γαλιλαίας, και ηρώτων αυτόν λέγοντες· κύριε, θέλομεν τον ᾿Ιησούν ιδείν. έρχεται Φίλιππος και λέγει τω ᾿Ανδρέα, και πάλιν ᾿Ανδρέας και Φίλιππος λέγουσι τω ᾿Ιησού· ο δε ᾿Ιησούς απεκρίνατο αυτοίς λέγων· ελήλυθεν η ώρα ίνα δοξασθή ο υιός του ανθρώπου. αμήν αμήν λέγω υμίν, εάν μή ο κόκκος του σίτου πεσών εις την γήν αποθάνη, αυτός μόνος μένει· εάν δε αποθάνη, πολύν καρπόν φέρει. ο φιλών την ψυχήν αυτού απολέσει αυτήν, και ο μισών την ψυχήν αυτού εν τω κόσμω τούτω, εις ζωήν αιώνιον φυλάξει αυτήν. εάν εμοί διακονή τις, εμοί ακολουθείτω, και όπου ειμί εγώ, εκεί και ο διάκονος ο εμός έσται· και εάν τις εμοί διακονή, τιμήσει αυτόν ο πατήρ.
Νύν η ψυχή μου τετάρακται, και τί είπω; πάτερ, σώσον με εκ της ώρας ταύτης. αλλά διά τούτο ήλθον εις την ώραν ταύτην. πάτερ, δόξασόν σου το όνομα. ήλθεν ούν φωνή εκ του ουρανού· και εδόξασα και πάλιν δοξάσω. ο ούν όχλος ο εστώς και ακούσας έλεγε βροντήν γεγονέναι· άλλοι έλεγον· άγγελος αυτώ λελάληκεν. απεκρίθη ο ᾿Ιησούς και είπεν· ου δι᾽ εμέ αύτη η φωνή γέγονεν, αλλά δι᾽ υμάς. νύν κρίσις εστί του κόσμου τούτου, νύν ο άρχων του κόσμου τούτου εκβληθήσεται έξω· καγώ εάν υψωθώ εκ της γής, πάντας ελκύσω πρός εμαυτόν. τούτο δε έλεγε σημαίνων ποίω θανάτω ήμελλεν αποθνήσκειν. απεκρίθη αυτώ ο όχλος· ημείς ηκούσαμεν εκ του νόμου ότι ο Χριστός μένει εις τον αιώνα, και πώς σύ λέγεις, δεί υψωθήναι τον υιόν του ανθρώπου; τίς εστιν ούτος ο υιός του ανθρώπου; είπεν ούν αυτοίς ο ᾿Ιησούς· έτι μικρόν χρόνον το φώς μεθ᾽ υμών εστι· περιπατείτε έως το φώς έχετε, ίνα μή σκοτία υμάς καταλάβη· και ο περιπατών εν τη σκοτία ουκ οίδε πού υπάγει. έως το φώς έχετε, πιστεύετε εις το φώς, ίνα υιοί φωτός γένησθε.

Apodosis of Pascha
2025-05-28
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 05/28/2025
Saints and Feasts: Apodosis of Pascha; Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene; Nikitas, Bishop of Chalcedon; Helikonis the Martyr; Heladios the Hieromartyr of the East; Zacharias the New Martyr
Fast Day (Fish Allowed)
Epistle Reading: Acts 18:22-28
IN THOSE DAYS, when Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
Gospel Reading: John 12:36-47
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, “While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light. When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him; it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.” Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.”

Απόδοσις της Εορτής του Πάσχα
2025-05-28
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Τετάρτη, 28 Μαίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Απόδοσις της Εορτής του Πάσχα; Μάρτυρος Ευτυχούς, Επισκόπου Μελιτινής; Νικήτας Αρχ. Χαλκηδόνας; Μαρτύρων Ελικωνίδος ; Ελάδιος ο Ιερομάρτυς ; Νεομαρτύρος Ζαχαρίου
Ημέρα Νηστείας (Κατάλυσις ιχθύος, ελαίου και οίνου)
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Πράξ. 18:22-28
Εν ταις ημεραίς εκείναις, κατελθών ο Παύλος εις Καισάρειαν, αναβάς και ασπασάμενος την εκκλησίαν, κατέβη εις Αντιόχειαν. Και ποιήσας χρόνον τινά εξήλθεν, διερχόμενος καθεξής την Γαλατικήν χώραν και Φρυγίαν, επιστηρίζων πάντας τους μαθητάς. Ιουδαίος δε τις Απολλώς ονόματι, Αλεξανδρεύς τω γένει, ανήρ λόγιος, κατήντησεν εις Έφεσον, δυνατός ών εν ταις γραφαίς. Ούτος ήν κατηχημένος την οδόν του κυρίου, και ζέων τω πνεύματι ελάλει και εδίδασκεν ακριβώς τα περί του κυρίου, επιστάμενος μόνον το βάπτισμα Ιωάννου· ούτός τε ήρξατο παρρησιάζεσθαι εν τη συναγωγή. Ακούσαντες δε αυτού Ακύλας και Πρίσκιλλα, προσελάβοντο αυτόν, και ακριβέστερον αυτώ εξέθεντο την του θεού οδόν. Βουλομένου δε αυτού διελθείν εις την Αχαΐαν, προτρεψάμενοι οι αδελφοί έγραψαν τοις μαθηταίς αποδέξασθαι αυτόν· ός παραγενόμενος συνεβάλετο πολύ τοις πεπιστευκόσιν διά της χάριτος· ευτόνως γαρ τοις Ιουδαίοις διακατηλέγχετο δημοσία, επιδεικνύς διά των γραφών είναι τον Χριστόν Ιησούν.
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Ιωάννην 12:36-47
Είπεν ο Κύριος πρός τους εληλυθότας πρός αυτόν Ιουδαίους· Έως το φώς έχετε, πιστεύετε εις το φώς, ίνα υιοί φωτός γένησθε. Ταύτα ελάλησεν ο ᾿Ιησούς, και απελθών εκρύβη απ᾽ αυτών. Τοσαύτα δε αυτού σημεία πεποιηκότος έμπροσθεν αυτών ουκ επίστευον εις αυτόν, ίνα ο λόγος ῾Ησαΐου του προφήτου πληρωθή όν είπε· Κύριε, τίς επίστευσε τη ακοή ημών; και ο βραχίων Κυρίου τίνι απεκαλύφθη; διά τούτο ουκ ηδύναντο πιστεύειν, ότι πάλιν είπεν ῾Ησαΐας· τετύφλωκεν αυτών τους οφθαλμούς και πεπώρωκεν αυτών την καρδίαν, ίνα μή ίδωσι τοις οφθαλμοίς και νοήσωσι τη καρδία και επιστραφώσι, και ιάσομαι αυτούς. ταύτα είπεν ῾Ησαΐας ότε είδε την δόξαν αυτού και ελάλησε περί αυτού. όμως μέντοι και εκ των αρχόντων πολλοί επίστευσαν εις αυτόν, αλλά διά τους Φαρισαίους ουχ ωμολόγουν, ίνα μή αποσυνάγωγοι γένωνται·ηγάπησαν γαρ την δόξαν των ανθρώπων μάλλον ήπερ την δόξαν του Θεού. ᾿Ιησούς δε έκραξε και είπεν· ο πιστεύων εις εμέ ου πιστεύει εις εμέ, αλλ᾽ εις τον πέμψαντά με, καί ο θεωρών εμέ θεωρεί τον πέμψαντά με. εγώ φώς εις τον κόσμον ελήλυθα, ίνα πάς ο πιστεύων εις εμέ εν τη σκοτία μή μείνη. καί εάν τίς μου ακούση των ρημάτων και μή πιστεύση, εγώ ου κρίνω αυτόν· ου γαρ ήλθον ίνα κρίνω τον κόσμον, αλλ᾽ ίνα σώσω τον κόσμον.

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