Holy Wisdom Byzantine Catholic Church

10/15/2026

On October 12, 1963, American Jesuit missionary Fr. Walter Ciszek arrived in New York as part of a prisoner exchange, returning to the U.S. after 23 years in the Soviet Union, including more than 20 in captivity in Siberian labor camps and Soviet prisons.

Read more about Fr. Ciszek: jesuits.org/who-was-walter-ciszek-sj

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

Thursday, October 15

The psalms have a wonderful power to awaken in our hearts the desire for every virtue.

-- Pope Saint Pius X

Today's Readings: Colossians 1:24-29; Luke 9:7-11.

10/15/2026

Our venerable father Euthymius the Younger. Born in Ancyra in 824 of Christian parents, he served in the army, married, and had one daughter. He lived for a long time in the monasteries of Olympus and then on the Holy Mountain. He entered into his rest on Mount Athos, and his wonder-working relics are preserved in the city of Salonica. (9th century)

The holy venerable martyr Lucian, priest of the Great Church of Antioch. In his youth he was given a very wide education. After giving away his goods to the poor, he fed himself with the work of his hands. He is responsible for the correction of the Hebrew text of the Holy Scriptures. In the persecution of the emperor Maximian, he was thrown into prison and died a martyr’s death. Saint John Chrysostom praised him highly for his love of the poor and of the ascetic life. (312)

10/14/2026

10/14/2026

Wednesday, October 14

All who read the Book of Psalms may find the cure for their own individual failings.

-- Saint Ambrose

Today's Readings: Colossians 1:18-23; Luke 8:22-25.

10/14/2026

The holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervase, Protase, and Celsus. Nazarius was a fearless Christian who visited Gervase and Protase in prison in Milan. The governor ordered Nazarius to be whipped and driven from the city. He eventually returned to Milan with his disciple Celsus. Gervase and Protase were still in prison, and Nero the emperor ordered that all four of them die by beheading. St. Ambrose found the relics of Gervase and Protase on this day, and had them translated with solemn rites to a new basilica built by himself. (60)

Our venerable mother Paraskevia of Trnovo. Of Serbian birth, her parents were devout Christians. She left her home and went first to Constantinople and then to Jerusalem, and then to the wilderness beyond the Jordan, where she lived to old age in asceticism. At the end of her life, she returned to her birthplace of Epibata and gave her spirit to God there, sometime in the eleventh century. (1201)

The holy priest-martyr Roman Lysko. Born in Galicia in 1914, he graduated from the L’viw Theological Academy and was ordained priest in 1941. He was arrested by the Soviets and imprisoned in L’viw, where he died. (1949)

10/12/2026

The holy apostle Philip, one of the seven deacons chosen by the Apostles. He converted Samaria to the faith of Christ, baptized the eu**ch of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, and passed through cities evangelizing them all until he came to Caesarea, where it is said he rested. His stories are related in the Acts of the Apostles, 6:5; 8; and 21:8-9.

Our venerable father Theophane, the artist and hymnographer, bishop of Nicaea. He and his brother Theodore joined the monastery of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified. They were sent by the Patriarch of Jerusalem to emperor Leo the Armenian, to explain the orthodox teaching about the holy icons. He tortured them and his successor, Theophilus, had derisory words branded onto their faces. After the Iconoclastic controversy was ended, Theophane was made the bishop of Nicaea. (847)