Tuesday, January 4, 2033
Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles
On Tuesday, January 4, 2033, Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar remember Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles; Forefeast of Theophany; and St Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace. It is a fast-free day. On the Old Calendar the same day remembers Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ; and Anastasia and Companions. It is a fast day, with wine and oil.
New Calendar
Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles
Also commemorated
- Forefeast of Theophany
- Synaxis of Seventy Apostles
- The Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace
- Venerable Apollinaria (5th c.)
This day is a fast-free day, all foods are permitted.
Old Calendar
Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ
Also commemorated
This day is a fast day, but wine and oil are permitted, no meat, dairy, or fish.
The saints of the day
On the New Calendar
On the Old Calendar
- Tone 3 of the Octoechos
- 28th Week after Pentecost
Readings, New Calendar
EpistleHebrews 4.1-13
4:1Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. 2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard. 3For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works;” 5and in this place again, “They will not enter into my rest.” 6Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience, 7he again defines a certain day, “today”, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. 9There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience. 12For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
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GospelLuke 19.45-48
19:45He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” 47He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. 48They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
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The order and appointment of the readings follow the Orthodox lectionary. Come to the Liturgy to hear them proclaimed.
Readings, Old Calendar
EpistleHebrews 4.1-13
4:1Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. 2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard. 3For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works;” 5and in this place again, “They will not enter into my rest.” 6Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience, 7he again defines a certain day, “today”, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. 9There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience. 12For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
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GospelMark 10.2-12
10:2Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3He answered, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.” 5But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. 7For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” 10In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter. 11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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The order and appointment of the readings follow the Orthodox lectionary. Come to the Liturgy to hear them proclaimed.
Questions
What does the Orthodox Church remember on Tuesday, January 4, 2033?
- On the New Calendar, Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles; Forefeast of Theophany; and St Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace.
- On the Old Calendar, Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ; and Anastasia and Companions.
Is Tuesday, January 4, 2033 a fast day in the Orthodox Church?
- On the New Calendar it is a fast-free day.
- On the Old Calendar it is a fast day, with wine and oil.
What are the Orthodox readings for Tuesday, January 4, 2033?
On the New Calendar:
At the Liturgy, the Epistle is Hebrews 4.1-13 and the Gospel is Luke 19.45-48.
On the Old Calendar:
At the Liturgy, the Epistle is Hebrews 4.1-13 and the Gospel is Mark 10.2-12.
