Wednesday of the 18th week after Pentecost
2 Gregory, Bishop & Enlightener of Greater Armenia
2 St Gregory the Enlightener, Bishop of Armenia (325/335) (Hieromartyr Gregory of Armenia)Venerable Gregory of Pelshma (1441 or 1451)Our Father among the Saints Michael, Metropolitan of Kiev (992)
Divine Liturgy
Ephesians 5:25–33
§ 231
Ephesians 5:25–33 § 231
Brethren, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it, that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word … that He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the Church. For we are members of His Body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church… Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his own wife even as himself …
Luke 5.33-39
§ 21
Luke 5.33-39 § 21
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Οἱ δὲ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· διατί οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου νηστεύουσι πυκνὰ καὶ δεήσεις ποιοῦνται, ὁμοίως καὶ οἱ τῶν Φαρισαίων, οἱ δὲ σοὶ ἐσθίουσι καὶ πίνουσιν;
[Заⷱ҇ 21] Ѻ҆ни́ же рѣ́ша къ немꙋ̀: почто̀ ᲂу҆ченицы̀ і҆ѡа́ннѡвы постѧ́тсѧ ча́стѡ и҆ моли̑твы творѧ́тъ, та́кожде и҆ фарїсе́йстїи, а҆ твоѝ ꙗ҆дѧ́тъ и҆ пїю́тъ;
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
ὁ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· μὴ δύνασθε τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ νυμφῶνος, ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐστι, ποιῆσαι νηστεύειν;
Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ къ ни̑мъ: є҆да̀ мо́жете сы́ны бра̑чныѧ, до́ндеже жени́хъ съ ни́ми є҆́сть, сотвори́ти пости́тисѧ;
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι, καὶ ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
прїи́дꙋтъ же дні́е, є҆гда̀ ѿѧ́тъ бꙋ́детъ ѿ ни́хъ жени́хъ, и҆ тогда̀ постѧ́тсѧ въ ты̑ѧ дни̑.
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
ἔλεγε δὲ καὶ παραβολὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἐπίβλημα ἱματίου καινοῦ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπὶ ἱμάτιον παλαιόν· εἰ δὲ μήγε, καὶ τὸ καινὸν σχίσει καὶ τῷ παλαιῷ οὐ συμφωνεῖ τὸ ἐπίβλημα τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ καινοῦ.
Гл҃аше же и҆ при́тчꙋ къ ни̑мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ никто́же приставле́нїѧ ри́зы но́вы приставлѧ́етъ на ри́зꙋ ве́тхꙋ: а҆́ще ли же нѝ, и҆ но́вꙋю раздере́тъ, и҆ ве́тсѣй не согласꙋ́етъ є҆́же ѿ но́вагѡ.
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μήγε, ρήξει ὁ οἶνος ὁ νέος τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκχυθήσεται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται·
И҆ никто́же влива́етъ вїна̀ но́ва въ мѣ́хи вє́тхи: а҆́ще ли же нѝ, расто́ргнетъ но́вое вїно̀ мѣ́хи, и҆ са́мо и҆злїе́тсѧ, и҆ мѣ́си поги́бнꙋтъ:
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
ἀλλὰ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς βλητέον, καὶ ἀμφότεροι συντηροῦνται.
но вїно̀ но́вое въ мѣ́хи нѡ́вы влива́ти {подоба́етъ}: и҆ ѻ҆боѧ̑ соблюдꙋ́тсѧ.
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
καὶ οὐδεὶς πιὼν παλαιὸν εὐθέως θέλει νέον· λέγει γάρ· ὁ παλαιὸς χρηστότερός ἐστιν.
И҆ никто́же пи́въ ве́тхое, а҆́бїе хо́щетъ но́вагѡ: глаго́летъ бо: ве́тхое лꙋ́чше є҆́сть.
Reader's reference
Divine Liturgy
Prokeimena
My soul magnifies the Lord / and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
VFor He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden, for behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Alleluia
Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear.
VThe rich among the people shall pray before thy face.
Communion Hymn
I will receive the cup of salvation and call on the Name of the Lord.