1 Thessalonians 1.6-10 (Epistle)

6Şi voi înşivă aţi călcat pe urmele mele şi pe urmele Domnului, întrucât aţi primit Cuvântul, în multe necazuri, cu bucuria care vine de la Duhul Sfânt; 7aşa că aţi ajuns o pildă pentru toţi credincioşii din Macedonia şi din Ahaia. 8În adevăr, nu numai că de la voi Cuvântul Domnului a răsunat prin Macedonia şi Ahaia, dar vestea despre credinţa voastră în Dumnezeu s-a răspândit pretutindeni, aşa că n-avem nevoie să mai vorbim de ea. 9Căci ei înşişi istorisesc ce primire ne-aţi făcut şi cum de la idoli v-aţi întors la Dumnezeu, ca să slujiţi Dumnezeului celui viu şi adevărat

10şi să aşteptaţi din ceruri pe Fiul Său, pe care L-a înviat din morţi, pe Isus, care ne izbăveşte de mânia viitoare.

Luke 12.42-48 (Gospel)

42Şi Domnul a zis: „Cine este ispravnicul credincios şi înţelept pe care-l va pune stăpânul său peste slugile sale ca să le dea partea lor de hrană la vremea potrivită? 43Ferice de robul acela pe care stăpânul, la venirea lui, îl va găsi făcând aşa! 44Adevărat vă spun că îl va pune peste toată avuţia sa. 45Dar dacă robul acela zice în inima lui: „Stăpânul meu zăboveşte să vină”; dacă va începe să bată pe slugi şi pe slujnice, să mănânce, să bea şi să se îmbete, 46stăpânul robului aceluia va veni în ziua în care el nu se aşteaptă şi în ceasul în care nu ştie şi-l va tăia în bucăţi; şi soarta lui va fi soarta celor necredincioşi în lucrul încredinţat lor. 47Robul acela, care a ştiut voia stăpânului său, şi nu s-a pregătit deloc şi n-a lucrat după voia lui, va fi bătut cu multe lovituri. 48Dar cine n-a ştiut-o, şi a făcut lucruri vrednice de lovituri, va fi bătut cu puţine lovituri. Cui i s-a dat mult, i se va cere mult; şi cui i s-a încredinţat mult, i se va cere mai mult.

Holy Apostles of the Seventy Olympas, Rodion, Erastus, Sosipater and Quartus

All of these Apostles were among the Seventy, and all are mentioned by St Paul in Romans 16. Saints Olympas and Rodion followed St Peter to Rome and were beheaded under Nero around the year 54. The other three reposed in peace after serving the Church as bishops: St Sosipater as Bishop of Iconium; St Erastus (described by St Paul as city treasurer of Corinth) as Bishop of Paneas (Caesarea Philippi); St Quartus as Bishop of Beirut. Quartus is said to have converted most of the citizens of Beirut to faith in Christ before his repose.

Our Venerable Father Arsenios of Cappadocia, the Wonderworker (1924)

“Cappadocia (in eastern Turkey) is virtually devoid of Christians now, but in 1840, when St Arsenios was born there, there were still vital Orthodox communities. He became a monk and was sent to his native town, Farasa, to serve the people. He became known as a mighty intercessor before God, praying for all who came to him, Muslims as well as Christians. His countless miracles of healing became known throughout Cappadocia; those who could not come to see him would sometimes send articles of clothing for him to pray over. He became known as Hadjiefendis, a Muslim term of honour for pilgrims, because he made pilgrimage to the Holy Land every ten years on foot. He never accepted any gifts in return for his prayers and healings, saying ‘Our faith is not for sale!’

“He concealed his holiness as much as he could beneath a rough and sharp-tempered exterior. If anyone expressed admiration for him, he would reply “So you think I’m a saint? I’m only a sinner worse than you. Don’t you see that I even lose my temper? The miracles you see are done by Christ. I do no more than lift up my hands and pray to him.” But as the Scriptures say, the prayers of a righteous man avail much, and when St Arsenios lifted up his hands, wonders often followed.

“He lived in a small cell with an earthen floor, fasted often and was in the habit of shutting himself in his cell for at least two whole days every week to devote himself entirely to prayer.

“Father Arsenios predicted the expulsion of the Greeks from Asia Minor before it happened, and organized his flock for departure. When the expulsion order came in 1924, the aged Saint led his faithful on a 400-mile journey across Turkey on foot. He had foretold that he would only live forty days after reaching Greece, and this came to pass. His last words were “The soul, the soul, take care of it more than the flesh, which will return to earth and be eaten by worms!” Two days later, on November 10, 1924, he died in peace at the age of eighty-three. Since 1970, many apparitions and miracles have occurred near his holy relics, which reside in the Monastery of Souroti near Thessalonica. He was officially glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1986.”

— Source: Orthodox Parish of St John of Kronstadt (UK)

The primary source for the life of St Arsenios is Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian, compiled by Elder Païsios of the Holy Mountain, who was baptized as an infant by the Saint.