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Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 02/15/2025

Saturday of Prodigal Son
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Epistle Reading:

St. Paul's Letter to Philemon 1:1-25

Gospel Reading:

Luke 20:46-47; 21:1-4

Onesimus the Apostle of the 70; Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Elder of Chios; Onesimos, Patriarch of Constantinople; Eusebius the Righteous of Syria; Major the Martyr

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Beginning of the Church Year (Indiction)

Monday, December 30, 2024

Do you know why the first day of September marks the beginning of the Church year? We are accustomed to think of January 1st as the beginning of the year. But the tradition of computing the start of a new year with autumn was common to the lands of the Bible and to all the lands around the Mediterranean. The summer harvest was at an end, the crops were stored, and people prepared for a new agricultural cycle. It was an appropriate time to begin a new year. 1590

 

 

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