26th Sunday after Pentecost - 12/07/25
Sunday, December 7th, is the 26th Sunday after Pentecost, and on this day the Church remembers:
Ven. Anthony, Abbot of Siya (Novgorod—1558)
Ven. Nilus of Stolobénsk (1554)
Ven. John the Faster, of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves—12th c.)
Martyr Athenodorus of Mesopotamia (ca. 304)
Ven. Paul the Obedient
St. Philoftheia of Thrace, Protectress of Romania (12th c.)
Ven. Gregory, Founder of Grigoriou Monastery (Mt. Athos—14th c.)
Read more about the lives of these saints here.
Readings for Sunday, December 7th:
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(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
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finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
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For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
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But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
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Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
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See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
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redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
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speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
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Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
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And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
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So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
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And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
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and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
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So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
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Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?
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And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
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.