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Monday of the 26th week after Pentecost
Prophet Nahum
- 1 Timothy 1.1-7 (Epistle)
- Luke 19.37-44 (Gospel)
Tuesday of the 26th week after Pentecost
Prophet Habakkuk
- 1 Timothy 1.8-14 (Epistle)
- Luke 19.45-48 (Gospel)
Wednesday of the 26th week after Pentecost
Prophet Zephaniah; Ven. Savva of Zvenigorod
- 1 Timothy 1.18-20, 2.8-15 (Epistle)
- Luke 20.1-8 (Gospel)
Thursday of the 26th week after Pentecost
Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky
- 1 Timothy 3.1-13 (Epistle)
- Hebrews 13.7-16 (Epistle) (St Alexander)
- Luke 20.9-18 (Gospel)
- Luke 12.32-40 (Gospel) (St Alexander)
Friday of the 26th week after Pentecost
Ven. Sabbas the Sanctified
- Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)
- Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)
- Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
- Luke 6.17-23 (Matins Gospel)
- 1 Timothy 4.4-8, 16 (Epistle)
- Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle) (St Sabbas)
- Luke 20.19-26 (Gospel)
- Matthew 11.27-30 (Gospel) (St Sabas)
Saturday of the 26th week after Pentecost
St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Abp. of Myra in Lycia
- Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 10.31-11.12 (Vespers)
- Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
- John 10.9-16 (Matins Gospel)
- Galatians 3.8-12 (Epistle)
- Hebrews 13.17-21 (Epistle) (St Nicholas)
- Luke 12.32-40 (Gospel)
- Luke 6.17-23 (Gospel) (St Nicholas)
26th Sunday after Pentecost — Tone 1
St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan; Ven. Nilus of Stolobensk
- Luke 24.1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)
- Ephesians 5.9-19 (Epistle)
- Luke 17.12-19 (Gospel)
Monday of the 27th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Ven. Patapius of Thebes
- 1 Timothy 5.1-10 (Epistle)
- Luke 20.27-44 (Gospel)
Tuesday of the 27th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Conception by St Anna of the Theotokos
- 1 Timothy 5.11-21 (Epistle)
- Galatians 4.22-31 (Epistle) (St Anna)
- Luke 21.12-19 (Gospel)
- Luke 8.16-21 (Gospel) (St Anna)
Wednesday of the 27th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, Eugraphus
- 1 Timothy 5.22-6.11 (Epistle)
- Luke 21.5-7, 10-11, 20-24 (Gospel)
Thursday of the 27th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Ven. Daniel the Stylite
- 1 Timothy 6.17-21 (Epistle)
- Luke 21.28-33 (Gospel)
Friday of the 27th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
St Spyridon the Wonderworker
- 2 Timothy 1.1-2, 8-18 (Epistle)
- Luke 21.37-22.8 (Gospel)
Saturday of the 27th week after Pentecost — Tone 1
Repose Ven. Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America
- Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)
- Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)
- Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
- Matthew 11.27-30 (Matins Gospel)
- Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle)
- Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle) (St Herman)
- Luke 13.18-29 (Gospel)
- Luke 6.17-23 (Gospel) (St Herman)
27th Sunday after Pentecost — Tone 2
Sunday of the Forefathers Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucis, Callinicus
- Luke 24.12-35 (5th Matins Gospel)
- Colossians 3.4-11 (Epistle) (Forefathers)
- Luke 14.16-24 (Gospel) (Forefathers)
Monday of the 28th week after Pentecost — Tone 2
Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Illyria; St Stephen of Surozh
- 2 Timothy 2.20-26 (Epistle)
- Mark 8.11-21 (Gospel)
Tuesday of the 28th week after Pentecost — Tone 2
Prophet Haggai
- 2 Timothy 3.16-4.4 (Epistle)
- Mark 8.22-26 (Gospel)
Wednesday of the 28th week after Pentecost — Tone 2
Holy Prophet Daniel and Three Holy Youths
- 2 Timothy 4.9-22 (Epistle)
- Mark 8.30-34 (Gospel)
Thursday of the 28th week after Pentecost — Tone 2
Martyr Sebastian and Companions at Rome
- Titus 1.5-2.1 (Epistle)
- Mark 9.10-16 (Gospel)
Friday of the 28th week after Pentecost — Tone 2
Martyr Boniface and Righteous Aglaida
- Titus 1.15-2.10 (Epistle)
- Mark 9.33-41 (Gospel)
Saturday of the 28th week after Pentecost — Tone 2
Repose John of Kronstadt; Saturday before Nativity Forefeast of Nativity; Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer
- Galatians 3.8-12 (Epistle) (Saturday before Nativity)
- Ephesians 1.16-23 (Epistle)
- Luke 13.18-29 (Gospel) (Saturday before Nativity)
- Luke 14.1-11 (Gospel)
28th Sunday after Pentecost — Tone 3
Sunday before Nativity Virgin Martyr Juliana and Companions
- Genesis 14.14-20 (Vespers)
- Deuteronomy 1.8-11, 15-17 (Vespers)
- Deuteronomy 10.14-21 (Vespers)
- Luke 24.36-53 (6th Matins Gospel)
- Hebrews 11.9-10, 17-23, 32-40 (Epistle) (Sunday before Nativity)
- Matthew 1.1-25 (Gospel) (Sunday before Nativity)
Monday of the 29th week after Pentecost — Tone 3
Greatmartyr Anastasia and Companions
- Hebrews 3.5-11, 17-19 (Epistle)
- Mark 9.42-10.1 (Gospel)
Tuesday of the 29th week after Pentecost — Tone 3
Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete
- Hebrews 4.1-13 (Epistle)
- Mark 10.2-12 (Gospel)
Wednesday of the 29th week after Pentecost — Tone 3
Eve of Nativity
- Micah 5.2-4 (1st Hour, Prophecy)
- Hebrews 1.1-12 (1st Hour, Epistle)
- Matthew 1.18-25 (1st Hour, Gospel)
- Jeremiah (Baruch 3.35-4.4) (3rd Hour, Prophecy)
- Galatians 3.23-29 (3rd Hour, Epistle)
- Luke 2.1-20 (3rd Hour, Gospel)
- Isaiah 7.10-16; 8.1-4, 9-10 (6th Hour, Prophecy)
- Hebrews 1.10-2.3 (6th Hour, Epistle)
- Matthew 2.1-12 (6th Hour, Gospel)
- Isaiah 9.6-7 (9th Hour, Prophecy)
- Hebrews 2.11-18 (9th Hour, Epistle)
- Matthew 2.13-23 (9th Hour, Gospel)
- Genesis 1.1-13 (Vespers)
- Numbers 24.2-3, 5-9, 17-18 (Vespers)
- Micah 4.6-7; 5.2-4 (Vespers)
- Isaiah 11.1-10 (Vespers)
- Jeremiah (Baruch 3.35-4.4) (Vespers)
- Daniel 2.31-36, 44-45 (Vespers)
- Isaiah 9.6-7 (Vespers)
- Isaiah 7.10-16; 8.1-4, 9-10 (Vespers)
- Hebrews 1.1-12 (Epistle) (Eve of Nativity)
- Luke 2.1-20 (Gospel) (Eve of Nativity)
Thursday of the 29th week after Pentecost — Tone 3
Nativity of Christ
- Matthew 1.18-25 (Matins Gospel)
- Galatians 4.4-7 (Epistle) (Nativity)
- Matthew 2.1-12 (Gospel) (Nativity)
Friday of the 29th week after Pentecost — Tone 3
Synaxis of the Most-Holy Theotokos Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis
- Hebrews 2.11-18 (Epistle) (Theotokos)
- Matthew 2.13-23 (Gospel) (Theotokos)
Saturday of the 29th week after Pentecost — Tone 3
Protomartyr Stephen; Saturday after Nativity
- 1 Timothy 6.11-16 (Epistle) (Saturday after Nativity)
- Ephesians 2.11-13 (Epistle)
- Acts 6.8-7.5, 47-60 (Epistle) (St Stephen)
- Matthew 12.15-21 (Gospel) (Saturday after Nativity)
- Luke 16.10-15 (Gospel)
- Matthew 21.33-42 (Gospel) (St Stephen)
29th Sunday after Pentecost — Tone 4
Sunday after Nativity 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
- John 20.1-10 (7th Matins Gospel)
- Galatians 1.11-19 (Epistle) (Sunday after Nativity)
- Matthew 2.13-23 (Gospel) (Sunday after Nativity)
Monday of the 30th week after Pentecost — Tone 4
Holy Innocents Slain by Herod
- Hebrews 8.7-13 (Epistle)
- Mark 10.46-52 (Gospel)
Tuesday of the 30th week after Pentecost — Tone 4
Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica
- Hebrews 9.8-10, 15-23 (Epistle)
- Mark 11.11-23 (Gospel)
Wednesday of the 30th week after Pentecost — Tone 4
Leavetaking of the Nativity Ven. Melania the Younger of Rome
- Hebrews 10.1-18 (Epistle)
- Mark 11.22-26 (Gospel)