{"day":18,"tone":2,"year":2026,"month":8,"feasts":[],"saints":["Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria","Our Holy Father John, Abbot of Rila (946)"],"titles":["Tuesday of the 12th week after Pentecost"],"weekday":2,"readings":[{"source":"Epistle","display":"2 Corinthians 5.15-21","passage":[{"verse":15,"chapter":5,"content":"And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."},{"verse":16,"chapter":5,"content":"Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more."},{"verse":17,"chapter":5,"content":"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."},{"verse":18,"chapter":5,"content":"And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;"},{"verse":19,"chapter":5,"content":"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."},{"verse":20,"chapter":5,"content":"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God."},{"verse":21,"chapter":5,"content":"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."}],"short_display":"2 Cor 5.15-21"},{"source":"Gospel","display":"Mark 1.16-22","passage":[{"verse":16,"chapter":1,"content":"Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers."},{"verse":17,"chapter":1,"content":"And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."},{"verse":18,"chapter":1,"content":"And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him."},{"verse":19,"chapter":1,"content":"And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets."},{"verse":20,"chapter":1,"content":"And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him."},{"verse":21,"chapter":1,"content":"And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught."},{"verse":22,"chapter":1,"content":"And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes."}],"short_display":"Mark 1.16-22"}],"fast_level":0,"feast_level":0,"service_notes":null,"summary_title":"Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria","fast_exception":0,"fast_level_desc":"No Fast","pascha_distance":128,"fast_exception_desc":"","feast_level_description":"Liturgy"}