Tuesday

May 24, 2022

11 May (Old Style) · 5th week of Pascha

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

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Month calendar

Events of the day

Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Teachers of the Slavs

Polyeleos rank
Hieromartyr Mocius

Commemoration

Afterfeast: Pascha. The Bright Resurrection of Christ
Afterfeast: Mid-Pentecost

Fasting

No fast

No fast today.

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

Readings of the day

Vespers

Composite reading — Proverbs 10, 3, 8
Vespers

Proverbs 10:31–11:12
Vespers

Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15
Matins Gospel

John 10:1–9

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¹“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
²But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
³The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
⁴Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
⁵They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
⁶Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
⁷Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
⁹I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
Epistle

Acts 12:25–13:12

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²⁵Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John who was called Mark.
¹Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
²As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
³Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
⁴So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
⁵When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.
⁶When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,
⁷who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
⁹But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,
¹⁰and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
¹¹Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
¹²Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
Epistle · Saints

Hebrews 7:26–8:2

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²⁶For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
²⁷who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
²⁸For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
¹Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
²a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
Gospel

John 8:51–59

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⁵¹Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
⁵²Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’
⁵³Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
⁵⁴Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
⁵⁵You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word.
⁵⁶Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad.”
⁵⁷The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”
⁵⁸Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
⁵⁹Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
Gospel · Saints

Matthew 5:14–19

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¹⁴You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
¹⁵Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
¹⁶Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
¹⁷“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
¹⁸For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
¹⁹Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

Saints and icons

Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer