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☦ Saints of the day

  • Martyr Hyacinth
    📜 Life of the saint
    Martyr Hyacinth is commemorated in the Orthodox Church as one of the many faithful who suffered under the persecution of Emperor Diocletian in the early fourth century. He is recognized as a deacon who remained steadfast in his confession of Christ when ordered to offer sacrifice to the Roman gods. Refusing to compromise his faith, he was subjected to torture and ultimately put to death for his unwavering witness. The precise details of his martyrdom, including the exact location and manner of his death, are not preserved in the reliable historical or liturgical traditions of the Church. His feast day is observed on the 10th of May (or 23rd of May in the Julian calendar), marking the day his soul was received by the Lord. The Church honors his memory as a witness to the truth of Christ, who chose death rather than deny his Lord, thereby bearing witness to the power of the Resurrection even in the face of earthly death.
  • Trans. Rel. Philip, Metr. Moscow
  • Our Holy Father Isaiah the Solitary (491)
  • Our Holy Father Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (430)
    📜 Life of the saint
    Our Holy Father Alexander founded the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones in Constantinople around the year 430. The monastery earned its name from the monks' practice of continuous prayer and vigilance, never sleeping but remaining awake in worship and intercession. Historical records concerning Saint Alexander himself are sparse, and little is known of his personal life beyond his role as the monastery's founder. The monastery became renowned throughout the Byzantine world for its unwavering dedication to ceaseless prayer, embodying the spiritual ideal of constant communion with God. It stood as a living witness to the Church's call for vigilance in faith and prayer, especially during times of spiritual and political challenge. The Church honors Saint Alexander for his foundational witness to the unceasing prayer that is the heart of the Christian life, a testament to the power of persistent, watchful devotion.
  • Our Father among the Saints Anatolios, Archbishop of Constantinople (458)

📖 Readings of the day

Epistle — Romans 3.19-26

19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

Gospel — Matthew 7.1-8

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

✠ Continuous Gospel reading

Matthew 15 KJV

1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to {his} father or {his} mother, {It is} a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

6 And honour not his father or his mother, {he shall be free}. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

7 {Ye} hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with {their} lips; but their heart is far from me.

9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men.

10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

20 These are {the things} which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, {thou} Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast {it} to dogs.

27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great {is} thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them {those that were} lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 Then Jesus called his disciples {unto him}, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake {them}, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken {meat} that was left seven baskets full.

38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

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