Tue, April 16th, Tuesday of the sixth week of Great Lent
Today's Readings
Psalm 42:1
As the deer pants for the water brooks,So pants my soul for You, O God.
Luke 9:18-22
And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" So they answered and said, "John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and said, "The Christ of God." And He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rej...Synaxarium
- The Martyrdom of the Holy Virgins: Agape, Eirene, and Shiona.
- The Martyrdom of the One Hundred and Fifty believers by the hand of king of Persia.
القراءات اليومية
مزامير ٤٢ : ١
كَمَا يَشْتَاقُ الإِيَّلُ إِلَى جَدَاوِلِ الْمِيَاهِ هَكَذَا تَشْتَاقُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ يَا اللهُ.لوقا ٩ : ١٨-٢٢
وَفِيمَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى انْفِرَادٍ كَانَ التَّلاَمِيذُ مَعَهُ. فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «مَنْ تَقُولُ الْجُمُوعُ إِنِّي أَنَا؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَانُ. وَآخَرُونَ إِيلِيَّا. وَآخَرُونَ إِنَّ نَبِيّاً مِنَ الْقُدَمَاءِ قَامَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «وَأَنْتُمْ مَنْ تَقُولُونَ إِنِّي أَنَا؟» فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ: «مَسِيحُ اللهِ». فَانْتَهَرَهُمْ وَأَوْصَى أَنْ لاَ يَقُولُوا ذَلِكَ لأَحَدٍ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي أَنَّ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ يَتَأَلَّمُ كَثِيراً وَيُرْفَضُ مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ وَرُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْكَتَبَةِ وَيُقْتَلُ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ يَقُومُ». ...السنكسار
- استشهاد اغابى وإيرينى وصوفيا
- استشهاد 150 شهيد على يد ملك الفرس
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