Daily Readings for 1/29/2019
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 12:25-26, 13:22-25
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words. Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly. Greet all those who rule over you, and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you. Grace be with you all. Amen.
Gospel Reading: Mark 10:2-12
The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him. And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, ‘and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Saints and Feasts celebrated today
- Translation of the relics of the Hieromartyr Ignatius, the Godbearer and
Bishop of Antioch - St. Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov,
Near Caves - St. Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm
- St. Pitirim the Bishop of Perm
- St. Jonah the Bishop of Perm
- Martyrs Romanus, Jacob (James), Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian,
and Paregonius, at Samosata - Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of of Artanuji
- St. Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk
- St. Aphraates of Persia
- Martyrs Sarbelus and Bebaia of Edessa
- New Martyr Demetrius
- St. Akepsimas the martyr
Today’s Fasting Guidelines
Today is Fast Free
No fasting restrictions
Orthodox Daily Readings 