Daily Readings
Readings for
29 Baunah 1742
Vespers Psalm & Gospel
A reading from the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 144 : 5,7
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Luke 7 : 36 - 50
And Glory be to God forever.
Matins Psalm & Gospel
A reading from the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 72 : 6 - 7
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Luke 11 : 20 - 28
And Glory be to God forever.
Divine Liturgy
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Romans.
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Romans 3 : 1 - 31
The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 John 1:1-10 1 John 2:1-6
Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 7 : 23 - 34
The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
Synaxarium
Day 29 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Baunah.
May God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins after forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers.
Amen.
The Twenty-Ninth Day of the Blessed Month of Baunah
Martyrdom of the Seven Ascetic Saints in Tounar Mount
On this day, the seven ascetic saints in Tounar Mount
(Tona), were martyred. These were: Basadi, Cotolus, Ardama, Moses, Esey,
Parkalas (Mikalas), and a monk called Cotolus. The angel of the Lord had
appeared to Sts. Basadi and Cotolus and commanded them to confess the name
of the Lord Christ. They rose up straightway to go to the governor. They
met the five saints embarking a ship going to the governor to also confess
the Lord Christ. They all agreed together on receiving the crown of martyrdom.
They went to the governor and confessed the Lord Christ. He tortured them
excessively, then hung stones from their necks, and shut them up in prison.
The Lord appeared to them, comforted, strengthened, and promised them the
kingdom. The governor then sent them to Alexandria, where they were tortured
severely. He threw them into cauldrons full of sulphur and pitch, and lighted
a great fire under them, then he took them out and threw them away. The
Lord sent His angel who healed them. They came back to the governor and
confessed the Lord Christ before him. One hundred thirty persons witnessed
that. They confessed the Lord Christ, were martyred, and they received
the crown of martyrdom. The Governor intensified the torture on the seven
saints, and finally cut off their heads with the sword, and they received
the crown of martyrdom.
May their intercession be with us. Amen.
Martyrdom of Saints Abba Hour and his Mother Theodora
On this day also, Sts. Abba Hour and his mother Theodora, were martyred. Abba Hour was a soldier in the army of Antioch. He came to Alexandria, and confessed the Lord Christ before its governor. He commanded that Abba Hour's hands be cut off, that he be tied to the tail of an ox and dragged through the city. Then he was thrown into a pit filled with snakes which did not harm him. During all that torture, he cried out to the Lord Christ, who healed and strengthened him. His mother came to see him and she rejoiced in his strife. They told the governor about her, and he had her brought to him. He asked her to sacrifice to the idols but when she refused he became enraged at her, and frightened her but she was not afraid of his raging. He commanded to put red-hot iron rods in her sides. When they did so she rejoiced and sang hymns to venerate the Lord for He made her worthy to suffer for His Holy Name. Later on she delivered up her soul and received the crown of martyrdom. As for St. Abba Hour (Hor), they placed him in a cauldron of boiling oil and tar, and he praised God until he delivered up his soul and received the crown of martyrdom. His brother Abba Bishai (Pishai) was martyred on the first day of Nasie (Intercalary days).
May their prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
Divine Liturgy Psalm & Gospel
A reading from the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all.
Psalms 45 : 10 - 11
Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint Luke the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Luke 1 : 26 - 38
And Glory be to God forever.
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