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Readings for February 5, 2012
Repose of St Theodosios, archbishop of Chernigov (1696); Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251); New Martyr Anthony of Athens; Martyr Theodoula of Anazarbus in Cilicia, and with her Martyrs Helladius, Macarius, Boethos, and Evagrius (c304); Holy Hierarch Polyefktos the New, patriarch of Constantinople; Gregory Rosca of Romania
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Luke 18.10-14
"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Repose of St Theodosios, archbishop of Chernigov (1696); Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251); New Martyr Anthony of Athens; Martyr Theodoula of Anazarbus in Cilicia, and with her Martyrs Helladius, Macarius, Boethos, and Evagrius (c304); Holy Hierarch Polyefktos the New, patriarch of Constantinople; Gregory Rosca of Romania
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Luke 18.10-14
"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
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