St. Vladimir Orthodox Church

St. Vladimir Orthodox Church We are a pan-Orthodox all-English Parish at 313 9th Street in Ambridge PA. Divine Liturgy is 9AM on Sundays and Holy Days.

We follow the full traditional Julian Calendar. We are a Parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church USA, Ecumenical Patriarchate.

BLESSED and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!To all the Fathers, Grandfathers, Godfathers, Fathers-in-law and to all the men who are l...
06/21/2026

BLESSED and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

To all the Fathers, Grandfathers, Godfathers, Fathers-in-law and to all the men who are like fathers to others, a blessed Happy Father's Day. God grant you many years!

Today is also the day we remember and pray for all the beloved fathers who are in God's Heavenly Kingdom. May their memory be eternal!

A PRAYER FOR FATHERS
O Lord God, our Heavenly Father:
Of all the possible imagery You could have chosen to reveal Yourself to Your creation, You chose that of Father.
We beseech You to hear the supplications which we, Your humble and lowly servants, offer this day on behalf of all our fathers.
Grant your guidance, patience and wisdom to young fathers;
Reassure and inspire our fathers in the prime of life, endowing them with spiritual joy;
Comfort and sustain our elderly fathers;
Look with mercy upon our fathers whom You have called into Your Heavenly Kingdom.

Kindle within our hearts the burning love and faithful devotion that Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ showed His earthly father, holy Joseph the Betrothed.

We pray to You, Heavenly Father, on this Father's Day to accept our prayers and graciously hear us, for to You we give glory, together with your Beloved Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

The THIRD SUNDAY after PENTECOSTAt first consideration, the Gospel reading this morning seems to have been selected by t...
06/21/2026

The THIRD SUNDAY after PENTECOST

At first consideration, the Gospel reading this morning seems to have been selected by the Church for a sunny summer morning: imagery of birds and wildflowers, and a message about not worrying. It almost fits in poolside, with the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” playing in the background! But the lesson is by no means superficial, simplistic or escapist. It is an excerpt from the Sermon on the Mount, in which St Matthews compiles together our Lord’s practical teaching on how to live and think as a Christian, how to pray, fast, interact with others, and what our priorities need to be.

It would be a very naïve and immature kind of Faith that would expect God to do everything for us, without any prudent effort on our part. But we need to make the distinction between working, planning, and doing our best, versus allowing ourselves to be given over to paralyzing anxiety and despair. Ten centuries before the birth of Christ, King David wrote “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.” (Psalm 55/54:22) and this same attitude of trusting faith was reinforced in the infant Church by St Peter: “Cast all your anxieties on Him, for He cares about you.” (1 Peter 5:7)

This passage does not imply that being a follower of Christ will ever be easy, or that as Christians we will not face challenges and dark episodes in our lives. We will not be immune from fear. The Lord assured His Disciples at the Mystical Supper “In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:13) We are called to use our abilities, but to trust in Divine Wisdom to make up the difference. We must accept the fact that there are situations and circumstances over which we have no control, but as the summit of His Creation, we are never abandoned or forgotten by God.

We are warned against the subtle temptation to live in the future – imagining worst-case scenarios and squandering energy and emotion on how we will cope with them or get through them. If we fall into this kind of attitude, we risk wasting the greatest gift God gives us – the PRESENT. The present is all that is real; the past is over and can’t be changed; and the future is neither ours to control nor is it guaranteed to us As people of faith, we must make the most of the present, using it to work out our salvation through worshipping and glorifying God, with repentance and acts of loving service to our fellow men. This reading reminds us that true security, true happiness, true salvation, cannot be provided by the material things of this world, so we need to be careful what we do with this time.

The best use of the present is to participate in the Kingdom of God. We so often mistake this Kingdom for a solely future experience – confusing it with the Kingdom of Heaven. But as our Lord began His ministry immediately after His Baptism by John, He proclaimed “The time is fulfilled, the Kingdom of God is at hand” (Mark 1:14) What does it mean to belong to the Kingdom of God? It means submitting to His Will. We repeatedly pray in the Lord’s Prayer “Thy will be done”, yet too often, we get so wrapped up in things we forget to discern what God’s will is for us; we are more concerned with pursuing our own will. Seeking the Kingdom means we know He is the source of power and strength in our lives, not ourselves, and that we continually look for His Presence in all circumstances. Belonging to the Kingdom, most of all, means we submit to a Master Who loves us and values us, and we therefore put our trust in Him.

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The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans (Chapter 5)
Brethren: 1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (Chapter 6)
The Lord said: 22“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

Wisdom from the Saint we commemorate today:
06/18/2026

Wisdom from the Saint we commemorate today:

The SECOND SUNDAY after PENTECOSTThis morning, as we resume the regular cycle of Sundays after Pentecost, we are witness...
06/14/2026

The SECOND SUNDAY after PENTECOST

This morning, as we resume the regular cycle of Sundays after Pentecost, we are witnesses to a beginning, of sorts: The calling of the first disciples. In a very concrete and historical sense, Andrew and Peter, James and John were called to be the first disciples, the first helpers as our Lord Jesus Christ began His mission of teaching, healing and performing signs and wonders. As God, of course He did not their help; in fact, more than once, before Pentecost, the Disciples seem to have been hinderances! Yet He was already preparing for the time when He would no longer be present in this world, when these men would be empowered to lead the new community as the first hierarchs of the Church, to continue to spread the Good News.

In this account from St Matthew, our Lord just suddenly appeared out of the blue. But we know from St John’s Gospel that Andrew – previously a disciple of John the Baptist - first encountered Christ and heard His preaching, then went and brought his brother Peter to meet Him and become convinced of the uniqueness of this new Teacher. Only later does today’s event occur.

The response of these pairs of brothers embodies what we heard in the Gospel last Sunday: “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.” (Matthew 19:29) They left their boats a considerable investment and their source of livelihood, and Andrew and Peter even abandoned their father. Many of us are understandably intimidated by this example and may feel that we are therefore somehow excluded from the possibility of a fuller experience of life in Christ. This invitation to radical renunciation was appropriate to them specifically; others throughout the past 2,000 years have also responded similarly, and will continue to do so in the future, but this is not the only option.

We so often hear the word vocation – meaning literally “calling” in Latin – and assume it refers only to those who are the “professional” Christians: deacons, priests, bishops, and monastics. It is their “job” to manifest Christ and His Gospel in this world. But this is not the correct understanding. Whatever position we hold in life – parent, student, carpenter, mechanic, professor, or retiree – can be realized as a vocation when we open ourselves to the Lord and the Grace of the Holy Spirit and allow Him to work in us and through us, right in the lives we are currently living. Yes, Andrew, Peter, James and John were called to uproot from their old existences, but we can recall case of the former blind man (who likewise became totally committed to Christ). He was told ““Return to your home and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. (Luke 8:39)

So, we see, discipleship is not so much a function of WHERE we are physically, but HOW we view the circumstances of our lives. At all times, we can be aware that we belong to the Lord. All situations can be opportunities to see God’s Presence and give Him glory, and witness to Him to others, which is the essence of a life of discipleship.

We see that our Lord did not call the two sets of brothers when they were idle – He called them in the middle of a busy workday. Far too often, we abstractly resolve that “SOMEDAY” I will respond to the Lord. “SOMEDAY” I will make a more serious commitment to be a disciple – when I decide I am ready. We shouldn’t wait for someday. Today He invites us to follow Him!

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The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans (Chapter 2)
Brethren: 10There will be) glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) 16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (Chapter 4)
At that time, as 18 Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22 and immediatel they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS (Psalm 115:6)The Church recognizes the men and women pleasi...
06/09/2026

PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS (Psalm 115:6)

The Church recognizes the men and women pleasing to God as saints and applies identifying titles which correspond to the various aspects and circumstances of their virtuous lives on earth. Often, in liturgical texts, we come across someone referred to as “Venerable”, or "Confessor”, or even “Equal to the Apostles”. What does all this mean?

Over the centuries, the saints have come to be grouped in categories:

PATRIARCHS are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and those 12 sons of Jacob who became the foundation of the Faith Community of the Old Covenant.

FOREFATHERS are all the ancestors of the people of God, the holy patriarchs living up to giving of the Law on Mt Sinai, and then living under the Law, - from Adam to Joseph the Betrothed; together with all the Old Testament righteous men, who were righteous in their faith in the coming of the Messiah.

FATHERS are those human ancestors of Jesus Christ who are enumerated in the Gospel of St. Matthew, Chapter 1:1-17, commemorated on the Sunday before the Nativity.

PROPHETS are those men of the Old Testament who were selected by God Himself and were sent by Him to various places for calling the people to repentance and predicting the future, with regard to the coming of Christ the Savior to earth.

APOSTLES are those great men of the New Testament, the 12 people closest to Christ the Savior, His worthiest disciples and companions, who were sent by Him to various countries for the preaching of the Divine Gospel to the people. Also included in this category is the larger circle of the Seventy.

HIERARCHS and FATHERS ("our Fathers among the saints”) are the pious Orthodox Patriarchs, Popes of Rome (before Rome’s lapsing from Orthodoxy), the Metropolitans, Archbishops, Bishops, heirs to the Holy Apostles in the Church and their great co-workers in preaching the Gospel and in their labor of true piety.

HOLY EQUALS-TO-THE-APOSTLES and ENLIGHTENERS are the men and women of royal or princely origin, but sometimes also of simple calling, who by their own preaching brough entire countries and peoples to Christ.

HIEROMARTYRS are Christian bishops and presbyters who died from torture for their belief in Christ.

GREAT MARTYRS are the pious men and women of various worldly ranks and positions, who courageously and with great patience thoroughly underwent various persecutions, tortures, and torments by their torturers for their holy Christian faith, and in doing so, inspired great numbers of people to believe.

VENERABLE MARTYRS are the pious and true ascetic men and women, included in the monastic calling, who suffered from the pagans and heterodox believers for their faith in Christ.

MARTYRS are those men and women of various callings and positions, who without confusion, but sometimes even with joy, went one by one or in groups into the presence of their torturers, and there were tortured to death for their firm and unshakable confession of their faith in Christ.

CONFESSORS and are those great persons of virtuous life of the Christian Church, courageously and fearlessly everywhere and always confessed their deep faith in Christ, who openly recognized themselves as true Christians, who endured torments and torture for this, but did not receive a martyr's death; some of them are called branded, because during torture special brands were burned on their bodies.

PASSION BEARERS are those who face their death in a Christ-like accepting manner. Unlike martyrs, passion bearers are not explicitly killed for their faith, though they hold to that faith with piety and true love of God.

VENERABLES are the great, pious and Christ-loving men and women, desert-dwellers, hermits (who separated themselves from the world to the desert and there saved themselves in solitude), recluses (who voluntary enclosed themselves in separate caves and cells for their entire life) and pillar-dwellers (who practiced asceticism under the open sky on pillars, or high towers), silent ones (who voluntarily took up the asceticism of silence), and are all inclusive in the monastic vocation.

RIGHTEOUS ONES are the great men and women, who were glorified for their virtuous and pious life, zealous for the fulfillment of the commandments of God and for their unbowed observance of the truths of the Gospel teaching, while not shirking their family or public obligations still living in the world.

UNMERCENARIES are those well-pleasing to God who through their unmercenary labor for the benefit of their neighbors served the suffering and healed the sick; they refused any payment for their services.

BLESSED ONES, or FOOLS FOR CHRIST are the men and women who through their total disregard for the things that people consider so necessary—clothes, food, money, houses, security, public reputation, etc.—have been able to witness without compromise to the Christian Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven. They take their name from the sentence of the Apostle Paul: “We are fools for Christ’s sake” (1 Cor 4.10; 3.18).

In addition to these categories, we encounter saints bearing the addition qualifier “NEW”
Martyr or Hieromartyr, or Confessor. These are laypeople or clergy who suffered martyrdom in more recent times; from the 15-19th Centuries under the Turkish yoke, or in the 20th Century under the Communists.

The APOSTLES’ FAST BeginsThe Apostles' Fast, also called St. Peter's Fast, begins TODAY, in preparation for the Feast of...
06/08/2026

The APOSTLES’ FAST Begins

The Apostles' Fast, also called St. Peter's Fast, begins TODAY, in preparation for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29(July 12, Civil calendar). Unlike the other three Fasts of the Church, the length of the Apostles Fast is always variable, determined by the date of Pascha. Eight weeks after Pascha comes the Sunday of All Saints. The next day, Monday, the Fast of the Holy Apostles begins. The later in the year Pascha is, the shorter the Apostles’ Fast will be. It can vary from 8 to 42 days. This year, the Fast is 34 days.

Having rejoiced for fifty days following Pascha, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Apostles began to prepare for their departure from Jerusalem after Pentecost to spread Christ's message. According to Sacred Tradition, as part of their preparation, they began a fast with prayer to ask God to strengthen their resolve and to be with them in their missionary undertakings.

The scriptural foundation for the Fast is found in the Synoptic Gospels; when the Pharisees criticized the apostles for not fasting, Jesus said to them, "Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast." (Matthew 9:15) In the immediate sense, Christ was referring to His being taken to be crucified; but in the wider sense it is understood in terms of His Ascension into heaven and His commission to preach the Gospel, which can only be accomplished with prayer and fasting.

The Fast is thought to have been instituted out of thanksgiving to God for the witness of the all the Apostles of Christ, Sts. Peter and Paul and the rest of the Twelve. Through this Fast, we express our thanks for the Apostles' endurance of deprivation and persecution during their missions.

The origins of the Fast date back to the first centuries of the Church. The "Apostolic Tradition" of the 3rd century, which offers so much detail into the life of the Church in the earliest periods, mentions it in Chapter 33. Other written testimony to it comes from St Athanasios the Great (+373), St. Ambrose of Milan, (+397), and many others.

The Apostles’ Fast is not as strict as Great Lent or the Dormition Fast, but entails fasting from all red meat, poultry, meat products, eggs and dairy products. Fish, wine, and oil are allowed except for Wednesdays and Fridays, which are strict fast days- “vegan” in modern terminology. Now, in the summer, we have easy access to so many vegetables and fruits.

This Apostles’ Fast, like any of the four multi-day fasts of the year, encourages us to self-reflection, to victory over sins and passions. We try to re-order the priorities of our lives: we remind ourselves that the body should be controlled by the soul; the whole person should be directed to God. Fasting, that is, our voluntary abstinence, calls us to walk this path.

In addition, fasting unites people who believe in Christ. Through joint fasting, we are reminded that we are members of a single Church, a single community of faith to the Savior and His commandments. By this we recognize that everything that Christ preached is true. That is, fasting is not only self-improvement, but also our testimony to the whole world that we are Christians.

Not each of us can fast as strictly as the Church suggests, but each of us can testify that he is a part of the Church by fasting to the best of our ability and with all sincerity.

In addition to the dietary specifics, however, during the Apostles’ Fast we should spend more time in prayer and spiritual reading, in acts of Christian charity and almsgiving, as well as participating in the Holy Mystery of Repentance.

The FIRST SUNDAY after PENTECOSTThe SUNDAY of ALL SAINTSThe first Sunday after Pentecost is always All Saints’ Day. It f...
06/07/2026

The FIRST SUNDAY after PENTECOST
The SUNDAY of ALL SAINTS

The first Sunday after Pentecost is always All Saints’ Day. It follows logically: sainthood – holiness - is possible only through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

Every day of the year, we commemorate multiple saints and reflect on their lives, some well-known and popular, some less so; by established tradition, a saint’s “day” is usually the day he or she reposed and began new life in the Kingdom. This is the case for the saints formally glorified by the Church.

This day originated as a day to commemorate all the martyrs known only to God. In the first three centuries, there were periods of persecution against the church so fierce that it was impossible to keep track of all those who lost their lives for their Faith in Jesus Christ. Once St. Constantine the Great ended the era of persecution, this day was expanded over the centuries to include “all the Righteous, the Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, Shepherds, Teachers, and Holy Monastics, both men and women alike, known and unknown, who have been added to the choirs of the Saints and shall be added, from the time of Adam until the end of the world, who have been perfected in piety and have glorified God by their holy lives. All these, as well as the orders of the Angels, and especially our most holy Lady and Queen, the Ever-virgin Birth-Giver of God Mary, do we honor today, setting their life before us as an example of virtue, and entreating them to intercede in our behalf with God, Whose grace and boundless mercy be with us all.” This is the explanation the Church gives in The Synaxarion, the guide for the calendar. All Saints’ Day, as the 1st Sunday after Pentecost, has been observed since about the year 890. In western Christianity, it was transferred to November 1st about a century later

As we reflect on the concept of sainthood today, we need to remember that the ranks of the saints of the Church are not just hierarchs, priests, monks and nuns – the “professional Christians” – but also include “regular people” - soldiers, farmers, merchants, homemakers, government workers, former thieves and prostitutes, the elderly and children; anyone who chose to take up the struggle to be transformed by the Grace of the Holy Spirit in the unique circumstances of their individual lives, and achieved a higher level of holiness. This higher level of holiness the Church recognizes as Sainthood. In venerating the saints, we are actually worshipping God, acknowledging the great things He did through them - in the words of Psalm 89 (Septuagint) “God is glorified in His Saints”

Why do we pray to the saints? We need to understand; we are not asking them to do things for us because of some special power or Grace they have; rather we are asking them to join with us in our own prayers to our Lord Jesus Christ. As Orthodox Christians, we affirm that that Church exists here in this world, with us who are still working out our Salvation (the Church militant), and in the Kingdom with those who have already fought their good fights and run their races (the Church triumphant). Just as we ask to pray for one another here in this world, we continue to ask for the prayers of those who have gone on to the next, because we are all one in Christ. The saints are alive in Christ and close to Christ, and in the words of St. Paul we hear today, they are that “great cloud of witnesses” – the Communion of Saints - who encourage us from their glorified existence now at the foot of the throne of our Heavenly King.

This day also serves as a reminder that we are all called to imitate the lives of the saints. By virtue of our Baptism and Chrismation, we are called to holiness. What is holiness? Holiness means being set apart and dedicated, consecrated for a special purpose. Holiness is living according to the commandments of God and His Holy Church, and this is the invitation give to all of us. In the Old Testament, God challenged His people “Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.” (Leviticus 11:44) and in the New Testament our Lord said “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) These are intimidating words, but we know that by cooperating with the Grace of the Holy Spirit, men and women can accomplish great things. They can become saints!

The Saints are our heroes, our role models. For this reason, the Church requires that everyone receive the name of a glorified saint at Holy Baptism – a patron who can inspire us and intercede for us, who understand the trials, tribulations and temptations of life in this world, but who by the Grace of the Holy Spirit has overcome them. The saints were once where we are now; God grant that in the age to come we will be with them where they are now.

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Troparion, Tone 4:
As with fine cloth and royal purple, Your Church has been adorned with the blood of the martyrs shed throughout the world. Christ God, she cries out to You: Send Your goodness to Your people; grant peace to Your world and great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion, Tone 8:
The universe offers You Lord, as the Planter of Creation, the God-bearing martyrs as the first-fruits of nature. By their prayers, Most Merciful One, through the Mother of God keep You Church, Your community, in deep peace.

The Reading is from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 2)
Brethren, 33 (The saints by) faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trials of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented- 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. 1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (Chapter 10, 19)
The Lord said 32“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.” 27Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?” 28 So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

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