On May 13, 11:55=A0pm, ++ <fri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints, on Wednesday, May 14,
> 2008 we celebrate:
>
> =A0 =A0EPISTLE READING
>
> =A0 =A0The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 8:18-25
>
> =A0 =A0IN THOSE DAYS, when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through
the=
> laying on
> =A0 =A0of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying, "Give me
als=
o this
> =A0 =A0power, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy
> Spirit." But
> =A0 =A0Peter said to him, "Your silver perish with you, because you
though=
t
> you could
> =A0 =A0obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot
in=
this
> =A0 =A0matter, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore
of=
this
> =A0 =A0wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the
> intent of your
> =A0 =A0heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of
> bitterness and
> =A0 =A0in the bond of iniquity." And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the
> Lord, that
> =A0 =A0nothing of what you have said may come upon me."
>
> =A0 =A0Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they
> returned to
> =A0 =A0Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the
Samaritans.=
>
> =A0 =A0GOSPEL READING
>
> =A0 =A03rd Wednesday after Pascha
>
> =A0 =A0The Reading is from John 6:35-39
>
> =A0 =A0The Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "I am the bread of
> life; he who
> =A0 =A0comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall
never=
> thirst. But
> =A0 =A0I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All
tha=
t
> the Father
> =A0 =A0gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast
> out. For I
> =A0 =A0have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will
of
> him who sent
> =A0 =A0me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose
> nothing of all
> =A0 =A0that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day."
>
> =A0 =A0Isidore the Martyr of Chios
>
> =A0 =A0May 14
>
> =A0 =A0Reading:
>
> =A0 =A0This Saint was a soldier from Alexandria. He came with the Roman
fl=
eet to
> =A0 =A0Chios, where he was betrayed as a Christian to Numerian,
Commander =
of the
> =A0 =A0Fleet. Because he boldly pro-fessed himself to wor****p Christ as
Go=
d and
> =A0 =A0refused to wor****p any other, he was tormented and beheaded in
251,=
> during the
> =A0 =A0reign of Decius.
>
> =A0 =A0Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
> =A0 =A0Thy Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contest for Thee received
the=
> prize of
> =A0 =A0the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God.
Fo=
r
> since he
> =A0 =A0possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly
destroy=
ed the
> =A0 =A0demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers,
sav=
e
> our souls,
> =A0 =A0since Thou art merciful.
> =A0 =A0Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
> =A0 =A0In thy holy prayers to God, thou hast shone brightly, a great
guide=
> for all the
> =A0 =A0world. Wherefore, we praise thee on this day, O Saint, thou
Martyr =
of
> godly
> =A0 =A0mind and boast of Chios, O glorious Isidore.
>
> =A0 Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus =A0 =A0May 14
>
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