2024
On Sunday | September 29
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The Readings from the Regular Cycle
The Epistle
Fourteenth Sunday
The reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians.
2 Cor. 1:21 – 24; 2:1 – 4
Brethren, it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us; he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. But I call God to witness against me — it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. [RSV]
The Gospel
Second Sunday of Luke
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
Lk. 6:31 – 36
The Lord said, “And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing of no man; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” [RSV]
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The Readings for the Commemoration
The Epistle
For the Devout Man.
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. [RSV]
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Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Synaxarion
From the Menaion.
On September 29, we commemorate our devout father Kyriakos the Anchorite.
By their holy intercessions, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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Fasting Rule
Fast Free: All foods allowed.