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Saints and Readings
Commemorations and appointed readings for Saturday, July 18, 2026.
Red cross (polyeleos typikon symbol)
Unc. Rel. Ven. Sergius of Radonezh; Ven. Athanasius of Athos
Saturday of the 7th week after Pentecost
Also Commemorated
Today's Saints
- Martyrdom of St Elizabeth Romanov and Nun Barbara (1918)
- Our Holy Father the New Martyr Cyprian (1679)
Appointed for the Day
Scripture Readings
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Vespers Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 Athanasius
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Read Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 on BibleGateway →Vespers Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 Athanasius
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Read Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 on BibleGateway →Vespers Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 Athanasius
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Read Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 on BibleGateway →Vespers Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 Sergius
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Read Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 on BibleGateway →Vespers Proverbs 10.31-11.12 Sergius
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Read Proverbs 10.31-11.12 on BibleGateway →Vespers Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 Sergius
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Read Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 on BibleGateway →Matins Gospel Matthew 11.27-30 either Saint
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Read Matthew 11.27-30 on BibleGateway →Epistle Romans 12.1-3
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Read Romans 12.1-3 on BibleGateway →Epistle Galatians 5.22-6.2 either Saint
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Read Galatians 5.22-6.2 on BibleGateway →Gospel Matthew 10.37-11.1
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
Read Matthew 10.37-11.1 on BibleGateway →Gospel Luke 6.17-23 either Saint
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judæa and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Read Luke 6.17-23 on BibleGateway →Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses.Hebrews 12:1