Sixth Sunday After Pentecost - 7/12/26
Sunday, July 12th, is the sixth Sunday after Pentecost.
On this day, we remember:
Martyrs Proclus and Hilary of Ancyra (2nd c.)
Venerable Paisios of the Holy Mountain
Ven. Michael Maleinos (962)
Martyrs Theodore and his son, John, of Kiev (983)
Ven. Arseny of Novgorod, Fool-for-Christ (1570)
Ven. Simon, Abbot of Volomsk (1641)
Martyr Golinduc (in Baptism Mary), of Persia (591)
Ven. John (998) and Gabriel, of the Holy Mountain (Georgian)
Icon of the Mother of God, “THE THREE HANDS.” (8th c.)
Saint Serapion the New (3rd c.).
Readings for Sunday, July 12th:
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
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or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;
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he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
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Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
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not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
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rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
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distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
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Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
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So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city.
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Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”
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And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!”
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But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?
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But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” – then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
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And he arose and departed to his house.
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Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
The Holy Scriptures are part of the Church’s Holy Tradition. Metropolitan Kallistos Ware of blessed memory wrote:
In the words of Father Alexander Schmemann, “A Christian is the one who, wherever he looks, finds everywhere Christ, and rejoices in Him.” This is true in particular of the biblical Christian. Wherever he looks, on every page, he finds everywhere Christ.
See Metropolitan Ware’s article How to Read the Bible for more on an Orthodox approach to scripture.