Author Archives: Father Steven Allen

9/22 June OS 2017: Thursday of the Third Week of Pentecost; St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria In today’s reading from the Holy Gospel, the Lord tells assures His faithful ones that their struggles will not be in vain: The Lord … Continue reading →

7/20 June OS 2017: Tuesday of the Third Week of Pentecost; St. Theodotus of Ancyra, Martyr; Holy Virgin Martyrs Kyriaki, Valeria, and Maria; Holy Hieromartyrs Marcellus and Marcellinus, Popes of Rome In today’s reading from the Apostolos (Romans 7:14-82:), St. … Continue reading →

4/17 June OS 2017: Saturday of the Second Week of Pentecost; St. Metrophanes, Patriarch of Constantinople In today’s reading from the Apostolos (Romans 3:19-26), St. Paul tells us flat out that no human being is naturally pleasing to God. Brethren: … Continue reading →

24 May/6 June OS 2017: The Third Day of Trinity, Tuesday of Pentecost Week; St. Symeon of the Wondrous Mountain Having completed reading the Acts of the Apostles on the Saturday before Pentecost, we now begin the great annual cycle … Continue reading →

5/18 May OS 2017: Thursday of the Week of the Samaritan Woman; Holy Great Martyr Irene Today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles is Acts 14: 20-27. In those days: As the disciples stood round about Paul [after he … Continue reading →

3/16 May OS 2017: Tuesday of the Week of the Samaritan Woman; Ss. Timothy and Maura, Martyrs In today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul deals with a sorcerer: And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when … Continue reading →

12/25 April OS 2017: Tuesday of Thomas Week; S. Basil of Parium, Bishop and Confessor Today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles is Acts 4: 1-10. And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of … Continue reading →

24 March OS 2017: Thursday of the Sixth Week of Lent; Forefeast of the Annunciation; S. Zacharias the Recluse of Egypt, S. Artemon Bishop of Seleucia The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 46: 1-7. In this brief passage, … Continue reading →

23 March OS 2017: Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Lent; Holy Monk-Martyr Nikon and His Disciples The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 43:26-31 and 45:1-16, in which the Righteous Joseph the All-Comely, now governor of all Egypt, … Continue reading →

22 March OS 2017: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Lent; Holy Hieromartyr Basil of Ankyra The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 31:3-36, which concludes the history of Jacob’s winning his two wives and becoming a wealthy man … Continue reading →