Scripture Readings

• Romans 1:7-12
• Matthew 5:42-48

Today’s commemorated feasts and saints

— Leavetaking of Pentecost. Glorification of St. John of Kronstadt (1990). Prophet Elisha (9th c. B.C.). St. Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople (847). St. Mstislav (George), Prince of Novgorod (1180). Ven. Methodius “Peshnosha” (1392). Ven. Elisha of Sumsk (Solovétsky Monastery—15th-16th c.). Ven. Niphon (Mt. Athos—1330).