Monday of the 22nd week after Pentecost
2 Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia, and their mother Theodota
2 Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Asia (3rd c.) (Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian)Holy New Martyr Helen of Sinope (18th c.)
Divine Liturgy
Colossians 2:13–20
§ 255
Colossians 2:13–20 § 255
Brethren, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the Cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public show of them, triumphing over them in it. Therefore let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in regard to a holy day, or the new moon, or of the Sabbath days, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from which all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase of God… Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to regulations …
Luke 11.29-33
§ 59
Luke 11.29-33 § 59
And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Τῶν δὲ ὄχλων ἐπαθροιζομένων ἤρξατο λέγειν· ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη γενεὰ πονηρά ἐστι· σημεῖον ζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου.
[Заⷱ҇ 59] Наро́дѡмъ же собира́ющымсѧ нача́тъ гл҃ати: ро́дъ се́й лꙋка́въ є҆́сть: зна́менїѧ и҆́щетъ, и҆ зна́менїе не да́стсѧ є҆мꙋ̀, то́кмѡ зна́менїе і҆ѡ́ны прⷪ҇ро́ка:
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
καθὼς γὰρ ἐγένετο Ἰωνᾶς σημεῖον τοῖς Νινευΐταις, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ σημεῖον.
ꙗ҆́коже бо бы́сть і҆ѡ́на зна́менїе нїнеѵі́тѡмъ, та́кѡ бꙋ́детъ и҆ сн҃ъ чл҃вѣ́ческїй ро́дꙋ семꙋ̀.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ κατακρινεῖ αὐτούς, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τὴν σοφίαν Σολομῶντος, καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Σολομῶντος ὧδε.
Цари́ца ю҆́жскаѧ воста́нетъ на сꙋ́дъ съ мꙋ̑жи ро́да сегѡ̀, и҆ ѡ҆сꙋ́дитъ и҆̀хъ: ꙗ҆́кѡ прїи́де ѿ конє́цъ землѝ слы́шати премꙋ́дрость соломѡ́новꙋ: и҆ сѐ мно́жае соломѡ́на здѣ̀.
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
ἄνδρες Νινευῒ ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτήν, ὅτι μετενόησαν εἰς τὸ κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε.
Мꙋ́жїе нїнеѵі́тстїи воста́нꙋтъ на сꙋ́дъ съ ро́домъ си́мъ и҆ ѡ҆сꙋ́дѧтъ и҆̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ пока́ѧшасѧ про́повѣдїю і҆ѡ́ниною: и҆ сѐ, мно́жае і҆ѡ́ны здѣ̀.
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
οὐδεὶς δὲ λύχνον ἅψας εἰς κρυπτὴν τίθησιν οὐδὲ ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορευόμενοι τὸ φέγγος βλέπωσιν.
Никто́же (ᲂу҆́бѡ) свѣти́льника вже́гъ, въ скро́вѣ полага́етъ, ни под̾ спꙋ́домъ, но на свѣ́щницѣ, да входѧ́щїи свѣ́тъ ви́дѧтъ.
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.