Wednesday of the 14th week after Pentecost
Callistratus and His Companions
Holy Martyr Callistratus and the Forty-nine Martyrs with Him (288/304) (Martyr Callistratus and Companions)Holy Apostles Mark, Aristarchus and Zenas of the SeventyOur Venerable Father Sabbatius, Founder of the Monastery of Solovki (1435) (Ven. Sabbatius of Solovetsk)Holy New Martyr Aquilina (1764)
Divine Liturgy
2 Corinthians 13:3–14
§ 197
2 Corinthians 13:3–14 § 197
Brethren, Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you. For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith; prove your own selves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are reprobates. But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates. Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we be as reprobates. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we wish, even your perfection. Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints salute you. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God [the Father], and the Communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. Amen.
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.