Monthly Archives: November 2023

St. Clement, Bishop of Ancyra,St. Pancras, Bishop of Taormina Proverbs 8:33-36Isaiah 66:18-21Philippians 4:1-7Luke 9:1-6 Proverbs 8:33-36[33] Hear instruction and be wise,and do not neglect it.[34] Happy is the man who listens to me,watching daily at my gates,waiting beside my doors.[35] … Continue reading →

Fast Day I Thessalonians 2:1-12Luke 12:41-48 I Thessalonians 2:1-12[1] For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain;[2] but though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philip’pi, as you know, we had … Continue reading →

St. Lucian, Priest of Antioch,Sts. Taracus, Probus, and Andronicus, Martyrs of Tarsus,Sts. Onesimus and the other Disciples of St. Paul Wisdom 9:9-12Isaiah 41:15-19II Corinthians 2:14-17Luke 6:13-20 Wisdom 9:9-12[9] With thee is wisdom, who knows thy worksand was present when thou … Continue reading →

Sts. Virgins Juliana and Basillia of Nicomedia Song of Solomon 8:14Hosea 14:6-7II Corinthians 6:16-7:1Luke 8:1-3 Song of Solomon 8:14[14] Make haste, my beloved,and be like a gazelleor a young stagupon the mountains of spices. Hosea 14:6-7[6] his shoots shall spread … Continue reading →

First Sunday of Advent (Heesnag) Isaiah 36:1-9I Thessalonians 1:1-10Luke 12:13-31 Isaiah 36:1-9[1] In the fourteenth year of King Hezeki’ah, Sennach’erib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.[2] And the king of Assyria … Continue reading →

St. Gregory the Wonderworker,St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra Wisdom 10:9-12Malachi 2:5-7I Peter 5:1-7John 10:11-16 Wisdom 10:9-12[9] Wisdom rescued from troubles those who served her.[10] When a righteous man fled from his brother’s wrath,she guided him on straight paths;she showed him … Continue reading →

Fifth Day of the Fast of Advent (Heesnag) Colossians 4:5-18Luke 12:1-12 Colossians 4:5-18[5] Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.[6] Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you … Continue reading →

Fourth Day of the Fast of Advent (Heesnag) Colossians 3:16-4:4Luke 11:49-54 Colossians 3:16-4:4[16] Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness … Continue reading →

Third Day of the Fast of Advent (Heesnag) Colossians 1:24-2:7Luke 11:33-42 Colossians 1:24-2:7[24] Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, … Continue reading →

Feast of the Presentation of the Mother of God to the Temple Song of Solomon 1:2-11Proverbs 11:30-12:4Isaiah 52:7-10Zechariah 2:10-13Malachi 3:1-2II Corinthians 6:16-7:1Luke 1:39-56Colossians 1:12-23Luke 11:27-32 Song of Solomon 1:2-11[2] O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your … Continue reading →