Liturgical Texts
Here you will find the links to texts for various liturgical services.
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost & Fourth Sunday of Matthew
Righteous Father Sisoës the Great of Egypt;
Apostles Archippos, Philemon and Onesimos of the Seventy
SYNAXARION
On July 6 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate our Righteous Father Sisoës the Great of Egypt.
Verses
When he died, this was written upon the tablet: Sisoës, the tablet of the Divine Spirit.
On the sixth, Sisoës went blameless from earth to Heaven.
Sisoës was a disciple of St. Anthony the Great. Imposing difficult ascetic labors on himself in the wilderness for 60 years, Sisoës humbled himself so much that he became meek and guileless as a lamb. God endowed Sisoës with abundant grace so that he was able to heal the sick, drive out unclean spirits and resurrect the dead. Sisoës taught those who visited him: “Regardless in what way temptation comes to man, a man should give himself to the will of God and to recognize that temptation occurred because of his sins. If something good happens, it should be said that it happened according to God’s Providence.” Sisoës died peacefully in extreme old age in 429. On this day, we also commemorate the Apostles Archippos, Philemon and Onesimos of the Seventy. By the intercessions of Thy Saints, O Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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