Scripture Readings - New Testament Readings

New Testament Readings

The books of the Bible which contain the revelation of God since the coming of Christ: the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the seven General Epistles, the fourteen Epistles of Saint Paul, and the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse).

The center of the New Testament part of the Bible is the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John who are called the four evangelists, which means those who wrote the gospels. Gospel in Greek is ‘evangelion’ which, as we have seen, means the “glad tidings” or the “good news.”
In the New Testament scripture there is also the book of the Acts of the Apostles, written by St. Luke. There are fourteen letters called the epistles (which simply means letters) of the Apostle Paul, though perhaps some, such as the Letter to the Hebrews, were not written directly by him. Three letters are also ascribed to the Apostle John; two to the Apostle Peter; and one each to the Apostles James and Jude. Finally there is the Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse, which is ascribed to St. John as well.
For the Orthodox, the Bible is the main written source of divine doctrine since God Himself inspired its writing by His Holy Spirit (see 2 Tim 3:16 and 2 Pet 1:20). This is the doctrine of the inspiration of the Bible, namely that men inspired by God wrote the words which are truly their own human words—all words are human!—but which nevertheless may be called all together the Word of God. Thus, the Bible is the Word of God in written form because it contains not merely the thoughts and experiences of men, but the very self-revelation of God.
The center of the Bible as the written Word of God in human form is the person of the Living Word of God in human form, Jesus Christ. All parts of the Bible are interpreted in the Orthodox Church in the light of Christ since everything in the Bible leads up to Christ and speaks about Him (Lk 24: 44). This fact is symbolized in the Orthodox Church by the fact that only the book of the four gospels is enthroned on the altars of our churches and not the entire Bible. This is so because everything in the Bible is fulfilled in Christ.

Reading Read Time Hit Count
Mark 3:13-19 (13th Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4103
Matthew 5:14-19 (Hierarchs) 1 min 5020
I Corinthians 4:5-8 (6th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4761
I Thessalonians 5:14-23 (32nd Saturdays after Pentecost) 1 min 5128
Hebrews 6:9-12 (4th Saturday of Lent) - 6000
Acts 4:23-31 (2nd Thursday after Pascha) 1 min 4271
II Corinthians 5:1-10 (For the Departed – Wednesday) 1 min 4530
Romans 5:6-11 (Holy Friday Royal Hours – Third Hour) 1 min 4559
I Timothy 6:11-16 (Saturday after the Nativity) 1 min 5295
Galatians 3:23-29 (Eve of the Nativity) 1 min 5287
Colossians 3:17-25; 4:1 (22nd Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4286
Luke 3:19-22 (1st Monday of Luke) - 4981
John 4:46-54 (3rd Monday after Pascha) 1 min 5031
Philippians 4:4-9 (Palm Sunday) 1 min 5679
John 5:1-4 (At the Blessing of Waters) 1 min 4068
Philippians 4:10-23 (21st Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4198
Ephesians 4:17-25 (17th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4106
Galatians 3:23-4:5 (15th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4033
Mark 3:20-27 (13th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4192
II Corinthians 5:10-15 (12th Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4023
Matthew 5:20-26 (1st Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4831
I Timothy 6:17-21 (27th Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4519
Colossians 4:2-9 (22nd Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4218
Romans 5:10-16 (2nd Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 5695