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34th Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee — Tone 1
Martyr Tryphon
- Matthew 28.16-20 (1st Matins Gospel)
- 2 Timothy 3.10-15 (Epistle)
- Luke 18.10-14 (Gospel)
Monday of the 35th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Meeting of Christ in the Temple
- Composite 6 - Exodus 12, 13; Numbers 8; Leviticus 12 (Vespers)
- Isaiah 6.1-12 (Vespers)
- Composite 7 - Isaiah 19.1, 3, 4-5, 12, 16, 19-21 (Vespers)
- Luke 2.25-32 (Matins Gospel)
- Hebrews 7.7-17 (Epistle) (Meeting)
- 2 Peter 1.20-2.9 (Epistle)
- Luke 2.22-40 (Gospel) (Meeting)
- Mark 13.9-13 (Gospel)
Tuesday of the 35th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess
- 2 Peter 2.9-22 (Epistle)
- Mark 13.14-23 (Gospel)
Wednesday of the 35th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Ven. Isidore of Pelusium
- 2 Peter 3.1-18 (Epistle)
- Mark 13.24-31 (Gospel)
Thursday of the 35th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Repose St Theodosius of Chernigov
- Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 (Vespers)
- Composite 4 - Proverbs 10; Wisdom of Solomon 6, 7, 8, 9 (Vespers)
- Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
- John 10.9-16 (Matins Gospel)
- 1 John 1.8-2.6 (Epistle)
- Hebrews 13.17-21 (Epistle) (St Theodosius)
- Mark 13.31-14.2 (Gospel)
- Luke 6.17-23 (Gospel) (St Theodosius)
Friday of the 35th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna
- 1 John 2.7-17 (Epistle)
- Mark 14.3-9 (Gospel)
Saturday of the 35th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus
- 2 Timothy 3.1-9 (Epistle)
- Luke 20.46-21.4 (Gospel)
35th Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday of the Prodigal Son — Tone 2
Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates
- Mark 16.1-8 (2nd Matins Gospel)
- 1 Corinthians 6.12-20 (Epistle)
- Luke 15.11-32 (Gospel)
Monday of the 36th week after Pentecost: Monday of Meatfare — Tone 2
Leavetaking of Meeting Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch; Relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk
- 1 John 2.18-3.10 (Epistle)
- Hebrews 7.7-17 (Epistle) (Meeting)
- Mark 11.1-11 (Gospel)
- Luke 2.22-40 (Gospel) (Meeting)
Tuesday of the 36th week after Pentecost: Tuesday of Meatfare — Tone 2
Hieromartyr Haralambos
- 1 John 3.10-20 (Epistle)
- Mark 14.10-42 (Gospel)
Wednesday of the 36th week after Pentecost: Wednesday of Meatfare — Tone 2
Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste; Ven. Dimitry of Priluk
- 1 John 3.21-4.6 (Epistle)
- Mark 14.43-15.1 (Gospel)
Thursday of the 36th week after Pentecost: Thursday of Meatfare — Tone 2
St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch; St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia
- 1 John 4.20-5.21 (Epistle)
- Mark 15.1-15 (Gospel)
Friday of the 36th week after Pentecost: Friday of Meatfare — Tone 2
Ven. Martinian of Caesarea
- 2 John 1.1-13 (Epistle)
- Mark 15.22, 25, 33-41 (Gospel)
Saturday of the 36th week after Pentecost: Saturday of Meatfare — Tone 2
Memorial Saturday St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs
- 1 Corinthians 10.23-28 (Epistle)
- 1 Thessalonians 4.13-17 (Epistle) (Departed)
- Luke 21.8-9, 25-27, 33-36 (Gospel)
- John 5.24-30 (Gospel) (Departed)
36th Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday of Meatfare — Tone 3
Sunday of the Last Judgment Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy
- Mark 16.9-20 (3rd Matins Gospel)
- 1 Corinthians 8.8-9.2 (Epistle)
- Matthew 25.31-46 (Gospel)
Monday of the 37th week after Pentecost: Monday of Cheesefare — Tone 3
Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions
- 3 John 1-15 (Epistle)
- Luke 19.29-40, 22.7-39 (Gospel)
Tuesday of the 37th week after Pentecost: Cheesefare Tuesday — Tone 3
Greatmartyr Theodore Tyro; Hieromartyr Germogen, Patriarch of Moscow
- Jude 1-10 (Epistle)
- Luke 22.39-42, 45-23.1 (Gospel)
Wednesday of the 37th week after Pentecost: Cheesefare Wednesday — Tone 3
St Leo the Great, Pope of Rome
- Joel 2.12-26 (Sixth Hour)
- Joel 3.12-21 (Vespers)
Thursday of the 37th week after Pentecost: Cheesefare Thursday — Tone 3
Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon
- Jude 11-25 (Epistle)
- Luke 23.2-34, 44-56 (Gospel)
Friday of the 37th week after Pentecost: Cheesefare Friday — Tone 3
St Leo, Bishop of Catania
- Zechariah 8.7-17 (6th Hour)
- Zechariah 8.19-23 (Vespers)
Saturday of the 37th week after Pentecost: Cheesefare Saturday — Tone 3
Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics Ven. Timothy of Symbola
- Romans 14.19-23, 16.25-27 (Epistle)
- Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle) (Departed)
- Matthew 6.1-13 (Gospel)
- Matthew 11.27-30 (Gospel) (Departed)
37th Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise — Tone 4
Forgiveness Sunday Unc. Rel. Holy Martyrs at Gate of Eugenius
- Luke 24.1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)
- Romans 13.11-14.4 (Epistle)
- Matthew 6.14-21 (Gospel)
Monday of the First Week of Lent — Tone 4
Beginning of the Great Fast Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
- Isaiah 1.1-20 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 1.1-13 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 1.1-20 (Vespers)
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent — Tone 4
1st and 2nd Finding Honorable Head of St John the Baptist
- Isaiah 1.19-2.3 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 1.14-23 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 1.20-33 (Vespers)
- Composite 8 - Isaiah 40, 41, 45, 48, 54 (Vespers) (Forerunner)
- Composite 9 - Malachi 3, 4 (Vespers) (Forerunner)
- Composite 3 - Wisdom of Solomon 4, 5 (Vespers) (Forerunner)
- Luke 7.17-30 (Matins Gospel) (Forerunner)
- 2 Corinthians 4.6-15 (Epistle) (Forerunner)
- Matthew 11.2-15 (Gospel) (Forerunner)
Wednesday of the First Week of Lent — Tone 4
St Tarasius, Abp. of Constantinople
- Isaiah 2.3-11 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 1.24-2.3 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 2.1-22 (Vespers)
Thursday of the First Week of Lent — Tone 4
St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza
- Isaiah 2.11-21 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 2.4-19 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 3.1-18 (Vespers)
Friday of the First Week of Lent — Tone 4
St Raphael Bishop of Brooklyn
- Isaiah 3.1-14 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 2.20-3.20 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 3.19-34 (Vespers)
- Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 (Vespers) (St Raphael)
- Proverbs 10.31-11.12 (Vespers) (St Raphael)
- Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers) (St Raphael)
- John 10.1-9 (Matins Gospel) (St Raphael)
- Hebrews 13.17-21 (Epistle) (St Raphael)
- John 10.9-16 (Gospel) (St Raphael)
First Saturday of Lent — Tone 4
St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit) Ven. Basil the Confessor
- Hebrews 1.1-12 (Epistle)
- 2 Timothy 2.1-10 (Epistle) (St Theodore)
- Mark 2.23-3.5 (Gospel)
- John 15.17-16.2 (Gospel) (St Theodore)