Scripture Readings

• 1 Corinthians 2:6-9
• Matthew 10:37-11:1
• 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
• Matthew 23:1-12

Today’s commemorated feasts and saints

Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Uncovering of the Relics of St. Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov (1896). Saturday before Elevation. Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna. Martyr Severian of Sebaste (320). Ven. Joseph, Abbot of Volótsk (1515). Ven. Theophanes the Confessor and Faster, of Mt. Diabenos (ca. 300). Martyrs Chariton and Straton. Bl. Nikḗtas the Hidden, of Constantinople (12th c.). Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council (431).