THE EPISTLE (For the Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican) Thou, O Lord, shalt preserve us and keep us from this generation. Save me, O Lord, for the godly man hath disappeared. The Reading from the Second Epistle of St. Paul to St. Timothy. (3:10-15) My son Timothy, you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, persecutions, sufferings, what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured! And out of them all the Lord d

THE EPISTLE (For St. Eleutherios) Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saint. What shall we render unto the Lord for all that He hath rendered unto us? The Reading from the Second Epistle ofSt. Paul to St. Timothy. (1:8-18) Timothy, my son, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose a

THE EPISTLE (For St. Thekla) God is wondrous among His saints.�Bless ye God in the congregations. The Reading from the Second Epistle of�St. Paul to St. Timothy. (3:10-15) Timothy, my son, you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet from them all, the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all, who desire to live a godly life in