Author Archives: Father Steven Allen

15 March OS 2017: Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent; Holy Martyrs Agapios and Companions The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 15: 1-15. “The LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Fear not, Abram; I do … Continue reading →

14 March OS 2017: Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent; S. Benedict The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 13: 12-18. Here God makes Abram a stupendous promise, that his seed would number as the dust of the … Continue reading →

11 March OS 2017: Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent; S. Sophronios of Jerusalem The first reading at Vespers, Genesis 12: 1-7, relates how God called Abram, whom later He will rename Abraham. After the scattering of the peoples … Continue reading →

10 March OS 2017: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent; Ss. Quadratus and Companions, Martyrs The first reading at Vespers today, Genesis 10:32-11:9, recounts the history of the Tower of Babel. Men, delivered from extinction in the Flood by … Continue reading →

9 March OS 2017: Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent; the Holy Forty Martyrs The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 9:18 – 10:1. Noah curses Ham for insulting his father, and all of Ham’s posterity are cursed … Continue reading →

28 February OS 2018: Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent; S. Proterius of Alexandria, Bishop and Martyr; S. Basil the Confessor The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 9: 8-17. God’s makes His after-Flood covenant with a single … Continue reading →

7 March OS 2017: Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent; Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 8:21-9:7. The LORD God commands Noah and his sons, as He had commanded Adam and Eve, to … Continue reading →

4 March OS 2017: Friday of the Third Week of Lent; S. Gerasimos of the Jordan The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 8:4-21. “And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD, and took of all the clean beasts, and … Continue reading →

3 March OS 2017: Thursday of the Third Week of Lent; Holy Martyr Eutropios The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 7:11-8:3. In few and simple words, today’s reading recounts an unimaginable catastrophe, the catastrophe of all earth history, … Continue reading →

2 March OS 2017: Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent; Holy Hieromartyr Theodotos, Holy Martyr Euthalia, Holy Martyr Hesychios The first reading at Vespers today is Genesis 7:6-9. Today’s reading is short. It states that Noah was 600 years … Continue reading →