Monday of the 25th week after Pentecost
2 Catherine the All-wise of Alexandria, and Mercurius of Cæsarea in Cappadocia
Afterfeast of the Entrance of the Theotokos2 Holy Hieromartyr Peter of Alexandria (312)2 Holy Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk (1238)Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Rome (ca. 100)
Divine Liturgy
2 Thessalonians 1:1–10
§ 274
2 Thessalonians 1:1–10 § 274
Paul, Silvánus, and Timothy, to the Church of the Thessalónians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among the Churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty Angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe … because our testimony among you was believed…
Luke 17.20-25
§ 86
Luke 17.20-25 § 86
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Ἐπερωτηθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων πότε ἔρχεται ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς καὶ εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔρχεται ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ παρατηρήσεως,
[Заⷱ҇ 86] Вопроше́нъ же бы́въ ѿ фарїсє́й, когда̀ прїи́детъ црⷭ҇твїе бж҃їе, ѿвѣща́въ и҆̀мъ речѐ: не прїи́детъ црⷭ҇твїе бж҃їе съ соблюде́нїемъ {со ᲂу҆смотре́нїемъ}:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
οὐδὲ ἐροῦσιν ἰδοὺ ὧδε ἢ ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν.
нижѐ рекꙋ́тъ: сѐ здѣ̀, и҆лѝ: ѻ҆́ндѣ. Се́ бо, црⷭ҇твїе бж҃їе внꙋ́трь ва́съ є҆́сть.
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
εἶπε δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς· ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι ὅτε ἐπιθυμήσετε μίαν τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἰδεῖν, καὶ οὐκ ὄψεσθε.
Рече́ же ко ᲂу҆чн҃кѡ́мъ (свои̑мъ): прїи́дꙋтъ дні́е, є҆гда̀ вожделѣ́ете є҆ди́нагѡ днѐ сн҃а чл҃вѣ́ческагѡ ви́дѣти, и҆ не ᲂу҆́зрите:
And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
καὶ ἐροῦσιν ὑμῖν· ἰδοὺ ὧδε, ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ· μὴ ἀπέλθητε μηδὲ διώξητε.
и҆ рекꙋ́тъ ва́мъ: сѐ здѣ̀, и҆лѝ: сѐ, ѻ҆́ндѣ: не и҆зы́дите, ни пожени́те:
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἀστράπτουσα ἐκ τῆς ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν εἰς τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν λάμπει, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ αὐτοῦ.
ꙗ҆́кѡ бо мо́лнїѧ блиста́ющисѧ ѿ поднебе́сныѧ на поднебе́снѣй свѣ́титсѧ: та́кѡ бꙋ́детъ сн҃ъ чл҃вѣ́ческїй въ де́нь сво́й.
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
πρῶτον δὲ δεῖ αὐτὸν πολλὰ παθεῖν καὶ ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης.
Пре́жде же подоба́етъ є҆мꙋ̀ мно́гѡ пострада́ти и҆ и҆скꙋше́нꙋ {ѿве́рженꙋ} бы́ти ѿ ро́да сегѡ̀.
Reader's reference
Divine Liturgy
Prokeimena
He makes His Angels spirits / and His ministers a flaming fire.
VBless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, Thou art very great!
Alleluia
Praise the Lord, O ye Angels of His! Praise Him all His hosts!
VFor He spoke and they came into being; He commanded and they were created.
Communion Hymn
He makes His Angels spirits, and His ministers a flaming fire.