Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/1/2015 Saints and Feasts: Nahum the Prophet, Philaret the Merciful of Amnia, Ananias the Persian, Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia, Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon, Archbishops of Ephesus Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:11-21 TIMOTHY, my son, refuse to enrol younger widows; for when Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/2/2015 Saints and Feasts: Habakkuk the Prophet, Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus, Myrope the Martyr of Chios, Joannicos the Monk of Devich Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:22-25; 6:1-11 TIMOTHY, my son, do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor participate in another man's sins; keep Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/3/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah), Our Righteous Father John, Bishop and Hesychast, Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius, Theodore, Archbishop of Alexandria Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:17-21 TIMOTHY, my son, charge the rich in this world not to be haughty, nor to set their Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/4/2015 Saints and Feasts: Barbara the Great Martyr, John the Righteous of Damascus, New Hieromartyr Seraphim, bishop of the Phanar in Greece, Juliana the Martyr of Heliopolis, Alexander Hotovitzky, New Hieromartyr of Russia, Missionary to America Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29; 4:1-5 BRETHREN, before faith Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/5/2015 Saints and Feasts: Sabbas the Sanctified, Holy Martyr Diogenes, Philotheos the Righteous of Mount Athos, Nektarios the Bulgarian Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 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. Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/6/2015 Saints and Feasts: Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra, Nicholas the New Martyr of Asia Minor Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Tone Two Fifth Orthros Gospel Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21 Brethren, obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/7/2015 Saints and Feasts: Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia, Righteous Father Gerasimus, Ascetic of Euboia Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:20-26 TIMOTHY, my son, in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware, and Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/8/2015 Saints and Feasts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos, Patapius the Righteous of Thebes, Apollo, Tychikos, Sosthenes, Cephas, Epaphroditos, Caesar, & Onesiphoros, Apostles of the 70 Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:16-17; 4:1-4 TIMOTHY, my son, all scripture is inspired by Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/9/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos, Hannah the Righteous, mother of Samuel the Prophet, Narses the Martyr of Persia, The Consecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy City of Jerusalem Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/10/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus, Thomas the Righteous of Bithynia Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:5-14 TITUS, my son, appoint elders in every town as I directed you, if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/11/2015 Saints and Feasts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople, Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon, Holy Martyrs Ascepsia and Aethal, Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas, Leontios the Righteous of Monemvasia Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:15-16; 2:1-10 TITUS, my son, to the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/12/2015 Saints and Feasts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous, Holy New Martyr Peter the Aleut Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19 Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/13/2015 Saints and Feasts: Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska & First Saint of America, The Holy Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes of Greater Armenia, Lucia the Virgin-martyr, Gabriel the Hieromartyr, Archbishop of Serbia Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Tone Three Sixth Orthros Gospel Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11 Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/14/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus of Asia Minor, and Philemon, Apollonius, and Arian of Alexandria Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:5-11, 17-19 BRETHREN, Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/15/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Holy Hieromartyr Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyricum, The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:8-18 TIMOTHY, my son, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/16/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai), Modestos, Archbishop of Jerusalem, Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania, Nicholas, Patriarch of Constantinople, Memnonus, Archbishop of Ephesus Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 5:11-14; 6:1-8 BRETHREN, about Melchizedek we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/17/2015 Saints and Feasts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias, Azarias, & Misail, the Three Holy Youths, Dionysius of Zakynthos Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40; 12:1-2 BRETHREN, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/18/2015 Saints and Feasts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions, Our Righteous Father Michael Syngellon the Confessor Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:18-25 BRETHREN, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, a better hope is Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/19/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Holy Martyr Boniface, Our Righteous Father Gregentius, Bishop of Ethiopia, Aglaia the Righteous of Rome Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12 BRETHREN, the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "in Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/20/2015 Saints and Feasts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch, Our Righteous Father Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch, Holy Father John of Kronstadt, John the New Martyr of Thassos Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed) Tone Four Seventh Orthros Gospel Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/21/2015 Saints and Feasts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Juliana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs, Themistocles the Martyr of Myra, Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 8:7-13 BRETHREN, if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/22/2015 Saints and Feasts: Anastasia the Great Martyr, Chrysogonos, Theodota, Evodias, & Eutychianus, the Martyrs, The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God, Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:8-23 BRETHREN, the Holy Spirit indicates that the Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/23/2015 Saints and Feasts: Ten Martyrs of Crete, Rememberance of the Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ, Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians, Paul, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea, Nicholas & John the New Martyrs, Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Strict Fast Epistle Reading: Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/24/2015 Saints and Feasts: Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Rome, Eve of the Nativity of Christ Strict Fast Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:1-12 IN MANY AND VARIOUS WAYS God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/25/2015 Saints and Feasts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Gaspar, & Balthasar, The Commemoration of the Shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord Fast Free Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-7 BRETHREN, when the time Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/26/2015 Saints and Feasts: Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos, Euthemios the Confessor, Bishop of Sardis, Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Russia, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743), Constantius the Holy Martyr, Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam, Afterfeast of the Nativity Fast Free Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:11-16 Timothy, my son, aim at Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/27/2015 Saints and Feasts: Stephen, Archdeacon & First Martyr, Theodore the Confessor, Brothers Theophanes and Poietus, Afterfeast of the Nativity Fast Free Plagal of the First Tone Eighth Orthros Gospel Epistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:8-15; 7:1-5, 47-60 IN THOSE DAYS, Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/28/2015 Saints and Feasts: 20,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia, Holy Martyr Glycerus, Simon the Myrrhbearer, Founder of Simonopetra, Monastery of Mount Athos, Afterfeast of the Nativity Fast Free Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:17-31 BRETHREN, by faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/29/2015 Saints and Feasts: 14,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem, Our Righteous Father Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones, Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor, Afterfeast of the Nativity Fast Free Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18 BRETHREN, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/30/2015 Saints and Feasts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki, Gideon the New Martyr of Mount Athos, Holy Martyr Philetaerus, Righteous Father Leondus the Archimandrite, Afterfeast of the Nativity Fast Free Epistle Reading: St. James' Universal Letter 1:1-18 JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Continue Reading

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/31/2015 Saints and Feasts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Melania the Younger, Nun of Rome, The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome, Patron of Orphans Fast Free Epistle Reading: St. James' Universal Letter 1:19-27 MY BELOVED BRETHREN, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to Continue Reading