Sunday Readings

Apostolic Reading – Ephesians 4:1-7

Gospel – Luke 10:25-37

Troparion of the Resurrection (Tone 8)

You descended from on high O compassionate One, and consented to burial for three days that You might free us from suffering. O Lord, our life, and our resurrection, glory to You!

Troparion of the Holy Cross (Tone 1)

O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, granting peace to the world. And preserve your community by the power of your Cross.

Kondakion of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin (Tone 4)

The most pure Temple of the Savior, and the most precious and bright bridal chamber, the Virgin, sacred treasury of the glory of God, openly appears today into the temple of the Lord, bringing with her the grace of the most Holy Spirit. Wherefore the angels of God are singing: “This is the heavenly tabernacle!”

Prokimenon

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them; let all round about him bring gifts to the awesome Lord.

Stichon

God is renowned in Judah; in Israel, great is his name.

Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians (4:1-7)

Brethren, I the prisoner in the Lord exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling by which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, careful to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, even as you were called to a single hope in your calling: one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and throughout all, and in all. But to each one of us, grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s imparting.

Alleluia

Come, let us rejoice in the Lord; Let us sing joyfully to God our Savior!

Stichon

Let us greet his presence with thanksgiving; let us joyfully sing psalms to him!

The Holy Gospel According to St. Luke the Evangelist (10:25-37)

At that time, behold, a certain lawyer got up to test Jesus, saying, “Master, what must I do to gain eternal life?” But he said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read?” He answered and said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength, and with thy whole mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.” And he said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you shall live.” But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell in with robbers, who after both stripping him and beating him went their way, leaving him half-dead. But, as it happened, a certain priest was going down the same way, and when he saw him, he passed by. And likewise, a Levite also, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came upon him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion. And he went up to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. And setting him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn and took care of him. And as he was leaving the next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I, on my way back, will repay you.’ Which of these three, in your opinion, proved himself neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” And he said, “The one who took pity on him!” And Jesus said to him, “Go and do as he did.”