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# [Scripture Readings for Friday, 28 November 2025 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/28) ## [Epistle reading for the 25th Friday after Pentecost (2 Thessalonians 3:6-18)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/28/1) >But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us. For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all. The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. ## [Gospel reading for the 10th Friday of Luke (Luke 19:12-28)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/28/2) >Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’ And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’ Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’ Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’” When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Monastic Martyr and Confessor Stephen the New- 28 November](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/11/28/103412-monastic-martyr-and-confessor-stephen-the-new)  🎶troparion🎶 Trained in asceticism on the mountain, with the weapon of the Cross you destroyed the spiritual assaults of the hostile powers, all-blessed one; Again you bravely prepared for combat and slew Copronymus with the sword of faith; for both struggles you have been crowned by God, monk-martyr Stephen of eternal memory. 🎶kontakion🎶 Lovers of the feasts, from the heart with hymns let us praise in faith godlike Stephen the lover of the Trinity, for he honored the fair icon of the Master and of His Mother. Now let us rejoice together and cry out to him with love: “Rejoice, ever glorious Father.” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

Happy #thanksgiving. Try to channel some of Abraham's hospitality today https://video.nostr.build/a2d2ee46b14cabc9133f7969eda8bd582b5544505d0844caeeef9e417556ec54.mp4 #christian #meme

## [Greatmartyr James the Persian - 27 November](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/11/27/103402-greatmartyr-james-the-persian)  🎶troparion🎶 You astounded all, long-suffering James, by enduring horrible tortures with great patience. As the evil assembly performed the slaughter, you uttered prayers of thanksgiving to the Lord. Through your sufferings you received your crown, and came to the throne of the heavenly King, Christ God. Entreat Him to save our souls! 🎶kontakion🎶 You listened to your faithful wife and contemplated the judgment of God, holy James; you despised the threats and commands of the Persians, accepting the cutting of your body as though you were a vine. Therefore you were revealed as a martyr worthy of honor. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Thursday, 27 November 2025 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/27) ## [Epistle reading for the 25th Thursday after Pentecost (2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/27/1) >But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you. Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. ## [Gospel reading for the 10th Thursday of Luke (Luke 18:31-34)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/27/2) >Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished. For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

Or during the Nativity fast #christian #meme #christianity

## [Repose of Saint Innocent, first Bishop of Irkutsk - 26 November](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/11/26/103399-repose-of-saint-innocent-first-bishop-of-irkutsk)  🎶troparion🎶 Most radiant luminary of the Church, you have enlightened Siberia with the rays of your virtues, and by healing a multitude of those who came to your shrine with faith, you have glorified God. We entreat you, Hierarch and Father Innocent, by your prayers preserve us from all misfortunes and sorrows. 🎶kontakion🎶 Let us the faithful lovingly glorify the irreproachable1 shepherd and preacher of faith among the peoples of Mongolia, the glory and adornment of the flock of Irkutsk, for he is the guardian of Siberia and intercessor for our souls. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Wednesday, 26 November 2025 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/26) ## [Epistle reading for the 25th Wednesday after Pentecost (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/26/1) >Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. ## [Gospel reading for the 10th Wednesday of Luke (Luke 18:15-17, 26-30)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/26/2) >Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” And those who heard it said, “Who then can be saved?” But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” Then Peter said, “See, we have left all and followed You.” So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

Just gotta make sure I'm not driving faster than my guardian angel flies! #christian #meme

Definitely not relatable... #christian #meme

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## [Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome - 22 November](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/11/25/103393-hieromartyr-clement-pope-of-rome)  🎶troparion🎶 O God of our Fathers, always act with kindness towards us; take not Your mercy from us, but guide our lives in peace through the prayers of the hierarchs Clement and Peter. 🎶kontakion🎶 Unshakeable and godlike towers of the Church, truly inspired and mighty pillars of the Faith, all-praised Clement and Peter, protect us all by your prayers. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Tuesday, 25 November 2025 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/25) ## [Epistle reading for the Leavetaking of the Theotokos (Hebrews 9:1-7)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/25/1) >Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; ## [Epistle reading for the 25th Tuesday after Pentecost (2 Thessalonians 1:10-2:2)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/25/3) >when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. ## [Gospel reading for the Leavetaking of the Theotokos (Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/25/2) >Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” >And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” ## [Gospel reading for the 10th Tuesday of Luke (Luke 17:26-37)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/25/4) >And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left. And they answered and said to Him, “Where, Lord?” So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

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# [Scripture Readings for Monday, 24 November 2025 (OCA)](https://www.oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/24) ## [Epistle reading for the 25th Monday after Pentecost (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10)](https://www.oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/24/1) >Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. ## [Gospel reading for the 10th Monday of Luke (Luke 17:20-25)](https://www.oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/24/2) >Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you. Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And they will say to you, ‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them. For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthostr #Orthodox #Biblestr

## [Great Martyr Katherine of Alexandria - 24 November](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/11/24/103382-great-martyr-katherine-of-alexandria)  🎶troparion🎶 By your virtues, as with the rays of the sun, you enlightened the pagan sages; and like the brightest moon for those who walk at night, you drove away the darkness of unbelief, and led the Empress to faith; you also rebuked the tyrant, and you were called by God as His bride, O blessed Katherine. With love you ascended to the heavenly Bridal Chamber of the most comely Bridegroom Christ, by Whom you were crowned with a royal crown. Now standing before Him with the Angels, pray for us who honor your holy memory. 🎶kontakion🎶 Let all those who with inspiration love the martyrs now form a great choir to honor the most wise Katherine, for in the arena she proclaimed Christ and trampled the serpent, revealing the knowledge of the orators as despicable. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #saint #Orthostr #Orthodox

## [Apostles of the Seventy Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon and Equal-to-the-Apostles, and Onesimus, disciple of Saint Paul - 22 November](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/11/22/103359-apostles-of-the-seventy-philemon-and-archippus-martyr-apphia-wif)  🎶troparion🎶 Holy Apostles Philemon, Archippus, Apphia, and Onesimus, entreat the merciful God to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions. 🎶kontakion🎶 Let us praise the Apostles of Christ, who illumine the ends of the earth like all-radiant stars: glorious Philemon and dedicated Archippus, Onesimus, together with Mark and Apollos, and the all-wise Apphia. Let us cry to them: “Unceasingly pray for us all!” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Saturday, 22 November 2025 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/22) ## [Epistle reading for the 24th Saturday after Pentecost (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/22/1) >Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly – and indeed you do bear with me. For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted – you may well put up with it! For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things. ## [Gospel reading for the 9th Saturday of Luke (Luke 9:57-62)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/22/2) >Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” Then He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.” And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.” But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

# [Scripture Readings for Friday, 21 November 2025 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/21) ## [Epistle reading for the 24th Friday after Pentecost (1 Thessalonians 5:9-13, 24-28)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/21/5) >For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. ## [Epistle reading for the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple (Hebrews 9:1-7)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/21/7) >Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; ## [Gospel reading for the 9th Friday of Luke (Luke 16:15-18, 17:1-4)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/21/6) >And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail. Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him. ## [Gospel reading for the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple (Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28)](oca.org/readings/daily/2025/11/21/8) >Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr