# [Scripture Readings for Tuesday, 16 June 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/16) ## [Epistle reading for the 3rd Tuesday after Pentecost (Romans 7:14-8:2)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/16/1) > For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God – through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. ## [Gospel reading for the 3rd Tuesday after Pentecost (Matthew 10:9-15)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/16/2) > Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts, nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food. Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go out. And when you go into a household, greet it. If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city! #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus - 16 June](

Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus

Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Amathus, was born in the city Amathus on the island of Cyprus. His parents raised their son in Christian piety, and taught ...

 🎶troparion🎶 God called you to the sacred priesthood as a worthy servant of the Holy Trinity. You shone forth with the grace of godliness strengthening the Church by many miracles. Righteous Tikhon, entreat Christ our God to grant us His great mercy. 🎶kontakion🎶 (Podoben: “Today the Virgin...”)Through your ascetic labors, you shone forth, O beloved of God, and received from on high the power of the Comforter to destroy the idols of delusion, and to save people, to cast out demons and to heal the sick. Therefore, venerable Tikhon, we honor you as a friend of God. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

## [Translation of the relics of Saint Theodore the Sykeote - 15 June](

Translation of the relics of Saint Theodore the Sykeote

The transfer of the relics of Saint Theodore the Sykeote from Galatia to Constantinople occurred no later than the IX century. In the year 1200, hi...

 🎶troparion🎶 You were sanctified from your earliest childhood and were shown to be filled with grace. You illumined the world with miracles and drove away a multitude of demons, O Holy Hierarch Theodore. Therefore, entreat the Lord on our behalf. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Monday, 15 June 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/15) ## [Epistle reading for the 3rd Monday after Pentecost (Romans 7:1-13)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/15/1) > Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another – to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead. I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. ## [Gospel reading for the 3rd Monday after Pentecost (Matthew 9:36-10:8)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/15/2) > But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Prophet Amos - 15 June](

Prophet Amos

The Holy Prophet Amos, the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets,1 lived during the eighth century before Christ. He was from Judah, and was born at T...

 🎶troparion🎶 We celebrate the memory of Your prophet Amos, O Lord; through him we entreat You, "Save our souls." 🎶kontakion🎶 Having purified your heart spiritually, O glorious Prophet Amos, you received the gift of prophecy from on high and proclaimed to all: “This is our God and beside Him there is no other.” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

## [Saint Mstislav (George), Prince of Novgorod - 14 June](

Saint Mstislav (George), Prince of Novgorod

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# [Scripture Readings for Sunday, 14 June 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14) ## [Vespers reading for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Isaiah 43:9-14)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/1) > Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear and say, “It is truth.” “You are My witnesses,” says the Lord, “And My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no savior. I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, and there was no foreign god among you; therefore you are My witnesses,” says the Lord, “that I am God. Indeed before the day was, I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?” Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon, and bring them all down as fugitives – the Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships. ## [Vespers reading for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/2) > But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be affliction, and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace. For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them for ever. Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his elect, and he watches over his holy ones. ## [Vespers reading for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Wisdom of Solomon 5:15-6:3)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/3) > But the righteous live for ever, and their reward is with the Lord; the Most High takes care of them. Therefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord, because with his right hand he will cover them, and with his arm he will shield them. The Lord will take his zeal as his whole armor, and will arm all creation to repel his enemies; he will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and wear impartial justice as a helmet; he will take holiness as a invincible shield, and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against the madmen. Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim, and will leap to the target as from a well-drawn bow of clouds, and hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult; the water of the sea will rage against them, and rivers will relentlessly overwhelm them; a mighty wind will rise against them, and like a tempest it will winnow them away. Lawlessness will lay waste the whole earth, and evil-doing will overturn the thrones of rulers. Listen therefore, O kings, and understand; learn, O judges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, you that rule over multitudes, and boast of many nations. For your dominion was given you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the Most High, who will search out your works and inquire into your plans. ## [Matins Gospel reading (Mark 16:1-8)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/4) > Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away – for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples – and Peter – that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.” So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. ## [Epistle reading for the All Saints of America (All Saints of Russia). (Hebrews 11:33-12:2)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/5) > who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 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. Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 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 – of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. 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, 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. ## [Gospel reading for the All Saints of America (All Saints of Russia). (Matthew 4:25-5:12)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/6) > Great multitudes followed Him – from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. ## [Epistle reading for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Romans 2:10-16)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/7) > but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. 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 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 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, 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) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. ## [Gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 4:18-23)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/14/8) > And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 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, and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. 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. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Synaxis of the Saints of North America - 14 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/14/49-synaxis-of-the-saints-of-north-america)  🎶troparion🎶 As the bountiful harvest of Your sowing of salvation, the lands of North America offer to You, O Lord, all the saints who have shone in them. By their prayers keep the Church and our land in abiding peace through the Theotokos, O most Merciful One. 🎶kontakion🎶 Today the choir of Saints who were pleasing to God in the lands of North America now stands before us in the Church and invisibly prays to God for us. With them the angels glorify Him, and all the saints of the Church of Christ keep festival with them; and together they all pray for us to the Pre-Eternal God. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

## [Venerable Andronikos, Disciple of Saint Sergius - 13 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/13/101714-venerable-andronikos-disciple-of-saint-sergius)  🎶troparion🎶 Having loved silence from your youth, you came to Mount Makovets, O blessed Andrónikos, and established a coenobitic Monastery in the earthly city of Moscow; and now as you rejoice in the abode of the Heavenly City, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Saturday, 13 June 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/13) ## [Epistle reading for the 2nd Saturday after Pentecost (Romans 3:19-26)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/13/1) > Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. ## [Gospel reading for the 2nd Saturday after Pentecost (Matthew 7:1-8)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/13/2) > Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in Syria - 13 June](

Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in Syria

The Holy Martyr Aquilina, a native of the Phoenician city of Byblos, suffered under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). Her parents raised her in Chr...

 🎶troparion🎶 Your lamb Aquilina, calls out to You, O Jesus, in a loud voice: “I love You, my Bridegroom, and in seeking You I endure suffering. In baptism I was crucified so that I might reign in You, and I died so that I might live with You. Accept me as a pure sacrifice, for I have offered myself in love.” Through her prayers save our souls, since You are merciful. 🎶kontakion🎶 You ascended to the heights through martyrdom, all-honorable Aquilina, having purified your soul through the virtues of your virginity. You were wounded with love for Christ your bridegroom, before whom you stand rejoicing with the angels; together with them unceasingly pray for us all. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

## [Venerable Arsenius, Abbot of Konevits - 12 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/12/101700-venerable-arsenius-abbot-of-konevits)  🎶troparion🎶 Aflame with divine love, you cast aside worldly passions from your soul, by the narrow path of fasting; you walked in Christ's footsteps with a steadfast spirit, O most blessed Arsenios, and from Him you received a reward in Heaven for your labors. Remember us who venerate your holy memory, crying out: "Glory to Him Who gave you strength. Glory to Him Who crowned you. Glory to Him Who, through you, grants healing to all." 🎶kontakion🎶 The Trihypostastic Deity enlightened your heart, O Venerable one, and you were illumined with virtues; and Mount Athos, where you received the holy Icon of Christ, the Sun of Righteousness,1 and His most pure Mother as a gift, was lit by the light of your diligence. You came to an island in Lake Ladoga and established a monastery, most blessed one. Therefore, coming to you with faith and love, we cry out with joy: "Rejoice, most radiant lamp, Arsenios, our Father."1Malachi. 4:2 #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Friday, 12 June 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/12) ## [Epistle reading for the 2nd Friday after Pentecost (Romans 5:17-6:2)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/12/1) > For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? ## [Gospel reading for the 2nd Friday after Pentecost (Matthew 9:14-17)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/12/2) > Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Venerable Onuphrius the Great - 12 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/12/107799-venerable-onuphrius-the-great)  🎶troparion🎶 In the flesh you lived the life of the angels, you were citizens of the desert and treasuries of grace, O Onuphrius, adornment of Egypt, and Peter the light of Athos. Therefore we honor your struggles as we sing to you: Glory to him who has strengthened you! Glory to him who granted you a crown! Glory to him who through you grants healing to all! 🎶kontakion🎶 You appeared as a bright star to the hermits of the desert, a light shining in the darkness of solitude, O holy Father Onuphrius, therefore ceaselessly intercede for us all. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

## [Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol - 11 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/11/100476-saint-luke-archbishop-of-simferopol)  🎶troparion🎶 Herald of the path of salvation, Confessor and Archpastor of the Crimean Land, True Guardian of Patristic Tradition, unshakable pillar, teacher of Orthodoxy, divinely-wise physician, and Hierarch Luke, pray unceasingly to Christ the Savior to grant unshakable faith to the Orthodox, salvation, and great mercy. 🎶kontakion🎶 Like a star shining with light, O Hierarch, you shone with virtues, and you led a blameless life, like the Angels; therefore, you were honored with the rank of a Bishop, but suffered much persecution from the atheists, yet you remained unshakable in your faith, healing many with your medical wisdom. Therefore, your revered relics were found in the bowels of the earth, and the Lord has glorified you, so that all the faithful may cry out to you: "Rejoice, Father and Hierarch Luke, the boast and bulwark of the Crimean land." #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Thursday, 11 June 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11) ## [Vespers reading for the 2nd Thursday after Pentecost (1 Peter 1:3-9)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11/1) > Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith – the salvation of your souls. ## [Vespers reading for the 2nd Thursday after Pentecost (1 Peter 1:13-19)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11/2) > Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. ## [Vespers reading for the 2nd Thursday after Pentecost (1 Peter 2:11-24)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11/3) > Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men – as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed. ## [Epistle reading for the Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas (Acts 11:19-26, 29-30)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11/5) > Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only. But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord. For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. ## [Gospel reading for the Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas (Luke 10:16-21)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11/6) > He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. ## [Epistle reading for the 2nd Thursday after Pentecost (Romans 5:10-16)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11/7) > 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. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned: For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. ## [Gospel reading for the 2nd Thursday after Pentecost (Matthew 8:23-27)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/11/8) > Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve - 11 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/11/101690-apostle-bartholomew-of-the-twelve)  🎶troparion🎶 Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas, entreat the merciful God to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions. 🎶kontakion🎶 You have appeared to the universe as a great sun, shining with the radiance of your teachings and awesome miracles. You enlighten those who honor you, apostle of the Lord, Bartholomew. #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

## [Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves - 10 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/10/101681-venerable-silvanus-the-schemamonk-of-the-kiev-far-caves) 🎶troparion🎶 By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! O our holy father Silvanus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls! #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint

# [Scripture Readings for Wednesday, 10 June 2026 (OCA)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/10) ## [Epistle reading for the 2nd Wednesday after Pentecost (Romans 4:13-25)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/10/1) > For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations” ) in the presence of Him whom he believed – God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification. ## [Gospel reading for the 2nd Wednesday after Pentecost (Matthew 7:21-23)](oca.org/readings/daily/2026/06/10/2) > Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Bible #Scripture #Orthodox #Orthostr #Biblestr

## [Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prusa - 10 June](https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/10/101680-hieromartyr-timothy-bishop-of-prusa)  🎶troparion🎶 By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, you became a successor to their throne. Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O divinely inspired one; by rightly dividing the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, even to the shedding of your blood. O Hieromartyr Timothy entreat Christ God to save our souls. 🎶kontakion🎶 (Podoben: “You were lifted up...”)As one who lived piously among Hierarchs and who underwent martyrdom, O divinely-wise one, you abolished the sacrifices of idolatry and showed yourself to be a protector of your flock. Therefore, we cry fervently to you: “By your intercessions, deliver us from all misfortunes, O Timothy our Father.” #Christian #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox #Orthostr #Saint