{"day":25,"tone":6,"year":2026,"month":7,"feasts":[],"saints":["Dormition Righteous Anna, Mother of Theotokos","Commemoration of the holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553)","St Olympias the Deaconess (408)"],"titles":["Saturday of the 8th week after Pentecost"],"weekday":6,"readings":[{"source":"Epistle","display":"Romans 13.1-10","passage":[{"verse":1,"chapter":13,"content":"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."},{"verse":2,"chapter":13,"content":"Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."},{"verse":3,"chapter":13,"content":"For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:"},{"verse":4,"chapter":13,"content":"For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."},{"verse":5,"chapter":13,"content":"Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake."},{"verse":6,"chapter":13,"content":"For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing."},{"verse":7,"chapter":13,"content":"Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."},{"verse":8,"chapter":13,"content":"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."},{"verse":9,"chapter":13,"content":"For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."},{"verse":10,"chapter":13,"content":"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."}],"short_display":"Rom 13.1-10"},{"source":"Epistle","display":"Galatians 4.22-31","passage":[{"verse":22,"chapter":4,"content":"For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman."},{"verse":23,"chapter":4,"content":"But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise."},{"verse":24,"chapter":4,"content":"Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar."},{"verse":25,"chapter":4,"content":"For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children."},{"verse":26,"chapter":4,"content":"But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all."},{"verse":27,"chapter":4,"content":"For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband."},{"verse":28,"chapter":4,"content":"Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise."},{"verse":29,"chapter":4,"content":"But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now."},{"verse":30,"chapter":4,"content":"Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."},{"verse":31,"chapter":4,"content":"So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free."}],"short_display":"Gal 4.22-31"},{"source":"Gospel","display":"Matthew 12.30-37","passage":[{"verse":30,"chapter":12,"content":"He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad."},{"verse":31,"chapter":12,"content":"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men."},{"verse":32,"chapter":12,"content":"And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come."},{"verse":33,"chapter":12,"content":"Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit."},{"verse":34,"chapter":12,"content":"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."},{"verse":35,"chapter":12,"content":"A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things."},{"verse":36,"chapter":12,"content":"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."},{"verse":37,"chapter":12,"content":"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."}],"short_display":"Matt 12.30-37"},{"source":"Gospel","display":"Luke 8.16-21","passage":[{"verse":16,"chapter":8,"content":"No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light."},{"verse":17,"chapter":8,"content":"For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad."},{"verse":18,"chapter":8,"content":"Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have."},{"verse":19,"chapter":8,"content":"Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press."},{"verse":20,"chapter":8,"content":"And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee."},{"verse":21,"chapter":8,"content":"And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it."}],"short_display":"Luke 8.16-21"}],"fast_level":0,"feast_level":3,"service_notes":null,"summary_title":"Dormition Righteous Anna, Mother of Theotokos","fast_exception":0,"fast_level_desc":"No Fast","pascha_distance":104,"fast_exception_desc":"","feast_level_description":"Red squigg (doxology typikon symbol)"}