Eastern Catholic Daily Readings

Monday, November 18: 1 Timothy 5:1-10. Luke 17:20-25. Holy Martyrs Plato (286-305) and Roman (305). Nativity Fast.

Sunday, November 17: Ephesians 5:9-19. Luke 12:16-21. Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Octoechos Tone 1. Our Holy Father Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea (270-75). Passing into Eternal Life (1947) of Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky, Bishop of Peremyshl and Martyr.

Saturday, November 16: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16. Matthew 9:9-13. Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew. Polyeleos Feast. Nativity Fast.

Friday, November 15: 1 Timothy 4:4-8,16. Luke 16:15-18. 17:1-4. Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas (284-305) and Abibus (313-24). Nativity Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat.

Thursday, November 14: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16. John 1:43-51. Holy and All-Praiseworthy Apostle Philip. Polyeleos Feast.

Wednesday, November 13: Hebrews 7:26-8:2. John 10:9-16. Our Holy Father John Chrysostom (the Golden-Mouthed), Archbishop of Constantinople (407). Polyeleos Feast.

Tuesday, November 12: Hebrews 4:14-5:10. John 10:9-16. Holy Priest-Martyr Josaphat, Archbishop of Polotsk (1623). John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria (619). Nil the Faster (430). Passing into Eternal Life (1950) of Blessed Hryhoriy (Gregory) Lakota, Auxiliary Bishop of Peremyshl and Confessor. All-Night Vigil Feast. A day when the faithful are highly encouraged to participate in the Divine...

Monday, November 11: 1 Timothy 1:1-7. Luke 14:12-15. Holy Martyrs Menas, Victor and Vincent (138-61). Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theodore the Studite (826).

Sunday, November 10: Ephesians 4:1-6. Luke 10:25-37. Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Octoechos Tone 8. Holy Apostles Erastus, Olympus, Rodion and those with them.

Saturday, November 9: Galatians 1:3-10. Luke 9:37-43. Holy Martyrs Onisiphorus and Porphyry (456-474). Our Venerable Mother Matrona (456-74). Venerable Theoctista of Lesbos.

Friday, November 8: Hebrews 2:2-10. Luke 10:16-21. Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers of Heaven. All-Night Vigil Feast. A day when the faithful are highly encouraged to participate in the Divine Liturgy. Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat.

Thursday, November 7: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5. Luke 13:1-9. Thirty-Three Holy Martyrs of Militene (284-305). Our Venerable Father and Wonderworker Lazarus, Hermit of Mount Galesius (1054).

Wednesday, November 6: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12. Luke 12:48-59. Our Holy Father Paul, Archbishop of Constantinople and Confessor (c. 353-61).

Tuesday, November 5: 2 Thessalonians 1:10-2:2. Luke 12:42-48. Holy Martyrs Galaction and Epistemis.

Monday, November 4: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-10. Luke 12:13-15, 22-31. Our Venerable Father Joannicius the Great (846). Holy Martyrs Nicander, Bishop of Myra, and the Priest Hermas.

Sunday, November 3: Ephesians 2:14-22. Luke 8:41-56. Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 7. Holy Martyrs Acepsimas the Bishop (378), Joseph the Priest and Aithalis the Deacon (379). Dedication of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydda, where His Precious Body is Entombed.

Saturday, November 2: 2 Corinthians 11:1-6. Luke 9:1-6. Holy Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphtonius, Elpidephorus, and Anempodistus.

Friday, November 1: 1 Thessalonians 5:9-13, 24-28. Luke 12:2-12. Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian. Passing into Eternal Life of the Servant of God Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, 1944. Passing into Eternal Life (1947) of Blessed Theodore Romzha, Bishop of Mukachevo, and Martyr. Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat.

Thursday, October 31: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-8. Luke 11:47-12:1. Holy Apostles Stachys, Amplias and others with them. Holy Martyr Epimachus (250).

Wednesday, October 30: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. Luke 11:42-46. Holy Martyrs Zenobius and Zenobia His Sister (284-305). Passing into eternal life of Blessed Priest-martyr Olesky Zarytsky (1963), Pastor of Strutyn near Zolochiv, and Siberia, Martyr.

Tuesday, October 29: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13. Luke 11:34-41. Holy Venerable-Martyr Anastasia (249-51). Passing of Our Venerable Father Abraham, Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Rostov (11th c.).

Monday, October 28: 1 Thessalonians 2:20-3:8. Luke 11:29-33. Holy Martyrs Terentius and Neonila. Our Venerable Father Stephen the Sabaite, Composer of Canons (9th c.). Holy Martyr Parasceve of Iconium.

Sunday, October 27: Ephesians 2:4-10. Luke 8:26-39. Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost. Octoechos Tone 6. Octoechos Tone 6. Holy Martyr Nestor (305). Holy Martyr Capitolina and Her Slave Erotheides.

Saturday, October 26: 2 Timothy 2:1-10. John 15:17-16:2. Holy and Glorious Great-Martyr Demetrius, from Whose Tomb Myrrh Streams Forth (285-310). Commemoration of the Great and Terrible Earthquake at Constantinople of 741 AD. All-Night Vigil Feast. A day when the faithful are highly encouraged to participate in the Divine Liturgy.

Friday, October 25: 1 Thessalonians 2:14-19. Luke 11:23-26. Holy Martyrs and Notaries Marcian and Martyrius (351). Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat.