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(Eleventh Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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1 Timothy 4:9-15 (See Note 1 below)
Luke 19:1-10
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Thirty-Third Week After Pentecost
Week of the Publican and Pharisee | |
Monday
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1 Peter 2:21-3:9
Mark 12:13-17
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Tuesday
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1 Peter 3:1-22
Mark 12:18-27
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Wednesday
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1 Peter 4:1-11
Mark 12:28-37
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Thursday
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1 Peter 4:12-5:5
Mark 22:38-44
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Friday
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2 Peter 1:1-10
Mark 13:1-8
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Saturday
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2 Timothy 2:11-19
Luke 18:2-8
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Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
(Tenth Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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2 Timothy 3:10-15
Luke 18:10-14
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Week of the Prodigal Son
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Monday
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2 Peter 1:20-2:9
Mark 13:9-13
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Tuesday
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2 Peter 2:9-22
Mark 13:14-23
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Wednesday
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2 Peter 3:1-18
Mark 13:24-31
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Thursday
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1 John 1:8-2:6
Mark 13:31-14:2
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Friday
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1 John 2:7-17
Mark 14:3-9
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Saturday
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2 Timothy 3:1-9
Luke 20:45-21:4
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Sunday of the Prodigal Son
(Ninth Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Luke 15:11-32
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Meat Fare Week
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Monday
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1 John 2:18-3:10
Mark 11:1-11
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Tuesday
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1 John 3:11-20
Mark 14:10-42
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Wednesday
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1 John 3:21-4:6
Mark 14:43-15:1
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Thursday
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1 John 4:20-5:21
Mark 15:1-15
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Friday
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2 John 1:1-13
Mark 15:22-25,33-41
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Saturday
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1 Corinthians 10:23-28
Luke 21:8,9,25-27,33-36
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All Souls Saturday
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
John 5:24-30
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Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meat Fare)
(Eighth Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2
Matthew 25:31-46
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Cheese Fare Week
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Monday
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3 John 1:1-14
Luke 19:29-40; 22:7-39
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Tuesday
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Jude 1-10
Luke 22:39-42, 45-23:1
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Wednesday (This is an aliturgical day. Readings are for the hours.)
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Joel 2:12-26
Joel 3:12-21
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Thursday
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Jude 11-25
Luke 23:2-34, 44-56
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Friday (This is an aliturgical day. Readings are for the hours.)
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Zechariah 8:7-14
Zechariah 8:19-23
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Saturday
Commemoration of All the Holy and God-bearing Fathers Who Shone Forth in the Ascetic Life |
Romans 14:19-23, 16:25-27 (Saturday)
Galatians 5:22-6:2 (Ascetics)
Matthew 6:1-13 (Saturday)
Matthew 11:27-30 (Ascetics)
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(Seventh Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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Romans 13:11b-14:4
Matthew 6:14-21
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The Great Fast (The Holy Forty Days)
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The weekdays of the Fast are aliturgical, meaning that there is no celebration of the Divine Liturgy. The readings listed are for the Liturgical Hours and for Vespers (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) or for Vespers and Presanctified Liturgy (Wednesdays and Fridays).
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First Week of Great Lent
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Monday
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Sixth Hour:
Isaiah 1:1-20
Vespers:
Genesis 1:1-13
Proverbs 1:1-20
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Tuesday
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Isaiah 1:19-2:3
Genesis 1:14-23
Proverbs 1:20-33
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Wednesday
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Isaiah 2:3-11
Genesis 1:24-2:3
Proverbs 2:1-21
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Thursday
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Isaiah 2:11-21
Genesis 2:4-19
Proverbs 3:1-19
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Friday
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Isaiah 3:1-14
Genesis 2:20-3:20
Proverbs 3:19-34
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Saturday
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Hebrews 1:1-12
Mark 2:23-3:5
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First Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy
(Sixth Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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Hebrews 11:24-26,32-12:2
John 1:43-51
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Second Week of Great Lent
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Monday
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Sixth Hour:
Isaiah 4:2-6; 5:1-7
Vespers:
Genesis 3:21-4:7
Proverbs 3:34-4:22
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Tuesday
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Isaiah 5:7-16
Genesis 4:8-15
Proverbs 5:1-15
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Wednesday
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Isaiah 5:16-26
Genesis 4:16-26
Proverbs 5:15-6:3
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Thursday
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Isaiah 6:1-12
Genesis 5:1-24
Proverbs 6:3-20
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Friday
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Isaiah 7:1-14
Genesis 5:32-6:8
Proverbs 6:20-7:1
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Saturday
All Souls Saturday |
Hebrew 3:12-16
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 (All Souls)
Mark 1:35-44
John 5:24-30 (All Souls)
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Second Sunday of Great Lent: St. Gregory Palamas
(Fifth Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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Hebrews 1:10-2:3 (Sunday)
Hebrews 7:26-8:2 (St. Gregory)
Mark 2:1-12 (Sunday)
John 10:9-19 (St. Gregory)
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Third Week of Great Lent
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Monday
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Sixth Hour:
Isaiah 8:13-9:7
Vespers:
Genesis 6:9-22
Proverbs 8:1-21
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Tuesday
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Isaiah 9:9-10:4
Genesis 7:1-5
Proverbs 8:32-9:11
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Wednesday
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Isaiah 10:12-20
Genesis 7:6-9
Proverbs 9:12-18
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Thursday
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Isaiah 11:10-12:2
Genesis 7:11-8:3
Proverbs 10:1-22
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Friday
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Isaiah 13:2-13
Genesis 8:4-21
Proverbs 10:31-11:12
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Saturday
All Souls Saturday |
Hebrews 10:32-38
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 (All Souls)
Mark 2:14-17
John 5:24-30 (All Souls)
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Third Sunday of Great Lent: Veneration of the Holy Cross
(Fourth Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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Hebrews 4:14-5:6
Mark 8:34-9:1
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Fourth Week of Great Lent
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Monday
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Sixth Hour:
Isaiah 14:24-32
Vespers:
Genesis 8:21-9:7
Proverbs 11:19-12:6
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Tuesday
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Isaiah 25:1-9
Genesis 9:8-17
Proverbs 12:8-22
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Wednesday
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Isaiah 26:21-27:9
Genesis 9:18-10:1
Proverbs 12:23-13:9
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Thursday
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Isaiah 28:14-22
Genesis 10:32-11:9
Proverbs 13:20-14:6
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Friday
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Isaiah 29:13-23
Genesis 12:1-7
Proverbs 14:15-26
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Saturday
All Souls Saturday |
Hebrews 6:9-12
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 (All Souls)
Mark 7:31-37
John 5:24-30 (All Souls)
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Fourth Sunday of Great Lent: Saint John of the Ladder
(Third Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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Hebrews 6:13-20 (Sunday)
Ephesians 5:9-19 (St. John)
Mark 9:17-31 (Sunday)
Matthew 4:25-5:12 (St. John)
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Fifth Week of Great Lent
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Monday
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Sixth Hour:
Isaiah 37:33-36:6
Vespers:
Genesis 13:12-18
Proverbs 14:27-15:4
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Tuesday
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Isaiah 40:18-31
Genesis 15:1-15
Proverbs 15:7-19
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Wednesday
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Isaiah 41:4-14
Genesis 17:1-9
Proverbs 15:20-16:9
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Thursday
Canon of St. Andrew of Crete |
Isaiah 42:5-16
Genesis 18:20-33
Proverbs 16:17-17:17
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Friday
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Isaiah 45:11-17
Genesis 22:1-18
Proverbs 17:17-18:5
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Akathistos Saturday
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Hebrews 9:24-28
Hebrews 9:1-7 (Akathistos Saturday)
Mark 8:27-31
Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28 (Akathistos Saturday)
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Fifth Sunday of Great Lent: Saint Mary of Egypt
(Second Sunday before Pascha / Easter)
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Hebrews 9:11-14
Mark 10:32-45
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Sixth Week of Great Lent
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Monday
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Sixth Hour:
Isaiah 48:17-49:4
Vespers:
Genesis 27:1-41
Proverbs 19:16-25
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Tuesday
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Isaiah 49:6-10
Genesis 31:3-16
Proverbs 21:3-21
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Wednesday
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Isaiah 58:1-11
Genesis 43:26-31; 45:1-16
Proverbs 21:23-22:4
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Thursday
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Isaiah 65:8-16
Genesis 46:1-7
Proverbs 23:15-24:5
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Friday
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Isaiah 66:10-24
Genesis 49:33-50:26
Proverbs 31:8-31
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Saturday of Saint Lazarus the Righteous
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Hebrews 12:28-13:8
John 11:1-45
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The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem: Flowery (Palm) Sunday
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Vespers:
Genesis 49:1,2,8-12
Zephaniah 3:14-19
Zechariah 9:9-15
Matins:
Matthew 21:1-11,15-17
Liturgy:
Philippians 4:4-9
John 12:1-18
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Great and Holy Monday
During the first three days of Holy Week there is a custom in some places of reading the whole of the four Gospels, with the exception of the Passion account from John, divided between the Third, Sixth and Ninth Hours. The readings given immediately below for these days are optional.
Third Hour: Matthew 1:1 to 14:21 - Sixth Hour: Matthew 14:22-28 - Ninth Hour: Mark 1:1-8:34
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Matins:
Matthew 21:18-43
Sixth Hour:
Ezekiel 1:1-20
Vespers (Presanctified):
Exodus 1:1-20
Job 1:1-12
Matthew 24:3-35
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Great and Holy Tuesday
Third Hour: Mark 8:34-15:40 - Sixth Hour: Luke 1:1-8:39 - Ninth Hour: Luke 8:40-14:24
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Matins:
Matthew 22:15-23:39
Sixth Hour
Ezekiel 1:21-2:1
Vespers (Presanctified):
Exodus 2:5-10
Job 1:13-22
Matthew 24:36-26:2
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Great and Holy Wednesday
Third Hour: Luke 14:24-25:53 - Sixth Hour: John 1:1-6:47 - Ninth Hour: John 6:48-12:50
On Great and Holy Wednesday night it is customary to celebrate the Service of Holy Anointing. There are seven epistles and seven Gospels for this service. Those references are not given here.
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Matins:
John 12:17-50
Sixth Hour:
Ezekiel 2:3-3:3
Vespers (Presanctified):
Exodus 2:11-22
Job 2:1-10
Matthew 26:6-16
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Great and Holy Thursday
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Matins:
Luke 22:1-39
First Hour:
Jeremiah 11:18-12:5,9-11,14,15
Vespers and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil:
Exodus 19:10-19
Job 38:1-23; 42:1-5
Isaiah 50:4-11
1 Corinthians 11:23-32
Matthew 26:1-20; John 13:3-17; Matthew 26:21-39; Luke, 22:43-45; Matthew 26:40-27:2 (Composite Reading)
Holy Friday (Thursday Evening)
Matins - The Twelve Passion Gospels:
1) John 13:31-18:1
2) John 18:1-28
3) Matthew 26:57-75
4) John 18:28-19:16
5) Matthew 27:3-32
6) Mark 15:16-32
7) Matthew 27:33-54
8) Luke 23:32-49
9) John 19:25-37
10) Mark 15:43-47
11) John 19:38-42
12) Matthew 27:62-66
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Great and Holy Friday
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First Royal Hour:
Zechariah 11:10-13
Galatians 6:14-18
Matthew 27:1-56
Third Royal Hour:
Isaiah 50:4-11
Romans 5:6-11
Mark 15:16-41
Sixth Royal Hour:
Isaiah 52:13-54:1
Hebrews 2:11-18
Luke 23:32-49
Ninth Royal Hour:
Jeremiah 11:18-23; 12:15,9-11,14,15
Hebrews 10:19-31
John 18:28-19:37
Vespers:
Exodus 33:11-23
Job 42:12-16
Isaiah 52:13-54:1
1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2
Matthew 27:1-38; Luke 23:39-43; Matthew 27:39-54; John 19:31-37; Matthew 27:55-61 (Composite Reading)
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Great and Holy Saturday
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Matins:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
1 Corinthians 5:6-8 and Galatians 3:13,14 (Composite Reading)
Matthew 27:62-66
Vespers and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil:
1) Genesis 1:1-13
2) Isaiah 60:1-16
3) Exodus 12:1-11
4) The Book of Jonah
5) Joshua 5:10-15
6) Exodus 13:20-15:19
7) Zephaniah 3:8-15
8) 1 Kings 17:8-24
9) Isaiah 61:10-62:5
10) Genesis 22:1-18
11) Isaiah 61:1-9
12) 2 Kings 4:8-37
13) Isaiah 63:11-64:5
14) Jeremiah 31:31-34
15) Daniel 3:1-90
Romans 6:3-11
Matthew 28:1-20
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Saturday, 26 January 2013
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