Readings for the Day
The Epistle
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.
Gal. 5:22 – 26; 6:1 – 2
Brethren, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another. Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 1: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 2: Praise Him, all you His angels; praise Him, all you His hosts.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Gospel
Mt. 22:35 – 46
At that time, a lawyer came to Jesus and asked him a question, to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.” Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, “What do you think of Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David in the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet’? If David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?” And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Synaxarion
From the Menaion.
On January 19, we commemorate our devout father Makarios of Egypt the anchorite, and also devout saint Makarios of Alexandria.
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Efrasia.
On this day was the transfer of the relic of our father among the saints Gregory the Theologian to the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
On this day is the commemoration of the great miracle in Nicea, when St. Basil the Great by prayers opened the doors of the Catholic Church and gave it to the Orthodox.
On this day we also commemorate our father among the saints Arsenios, Archbishop of Kerkyra.
On this day we also commemorate our devout father Meletios the Confessor of Mt. Galesion, who lived in the 13th century.
On this day we also commemorate our father among the saints Mark Evgenikos, Bishop of Ephesus, who single-handedly fought for, championed, and defended Orthodoxy.
By the intercessions of Your saints, O Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Fast Free: All foods allowed.