Sunday Readings

ِApril 6, 2025

Apostolic Reading – Hebrews 9:11-14

Gospel – Mark 10:32-45

Troparion of the Resurrection (Tone 5)

Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the word, coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our Salvation, for He was pleased to be lifted in the flesh upon the cross, and to endure death, and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.

Troparion of our Mother Mary of Egypt (Tone 8)

In you, O Mother Mary, was restored the likeness of God, for you carried your cross and followed Christ. You taught by your deeds how to spurn the body, for it passes away and how to value the soul, for it is immortal. Wherefore your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.

Troparion of the Holy Cross (Tone 1)

O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, granting peace to the world. And preserve your community by the power of your Cross.

Kondakion

O never failing Protectress of Christians and their ever-present intercessor before the Creator, despise not the petitions of us sinners, but in your goodness extend your help to us who call upon you with confidence. Hasten, O Mother of God, to intercede for us, for you have always protected those who honor you.

Prokimenon (Tone 8)

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them; let all round about bring gifts to the awesome God.

Stichon

God is renowned in Judah; in Israel great is his name

Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (9:11-14)

Brethren, when Christ appeared as the high priest of the good things to come, he entered once for all through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made by hands (that is, not as a part of the present creation), nor again by virtue of blood of goats and calves, but by virtue of his own blood, into the sanctuary, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkled ashes of a heifer sanctify the unclean for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God!

Alleluia (Tone 8)

Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord; let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.

Stichon

Let us greet him with thanksgiving; let us joyfully sing psalms to him.

The Holy Gospel According to St. Mark the Evangelist (10:32-45)

At that time Jesus took the Twelve, and began to tell them what would happen to him, saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the Scribes; and they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him and scourge him, and put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.” And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, “Master, we want thee to do for us whatever we ask.” But he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” And they said, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at thy right hand and the other at thy left hand, in thy glory.” But Jesus said to them,

“You do not know what you are asking for. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized?” And they said to him, “We can.” And Jesus said to them “Of the cup that I drink, you shall drink; and with the baptism with which I am to be baptized, you shall be baptized; but as for sitting at my right hand or at my left, that is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared.” And when the ten heard this, they were at first indignant at James and John. But Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers among the Gentiles, lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wishes to become great shall be your servant; and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be the slave of all; for the Son of Man also has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

الرسالة (عبرانيين 9:11- 14)

يا إِخوَة، إِنَّ المسيحَ الذي جاءَ حَبرا ً لِلخيراتِ الآتِيَة، واجتازَ بالمسكنِ الأَعظمِ والأَكمَلِ الغير المصنوع بيَدٍ، أَيِ الذي لَيسَ مِن هذِهِ الخَلِيقَة، دَخلَ الأَقداسَ مَرَّةً واِحدَةً، لَيسَ بدَمِ تُيُوسٍ وعُجولٍ، بَل بِدَمِه الخاصّ، فوَجَدَ فداءً أَبدِياً. لأَنَّهُ إِن كانَ دَمُ ثِيرانٍ وتُيُوسٍ ورَمادُ عِجلَهٍ يُرَشُّ على المُنَجَّسين، فيُقَدِّسُهُم لتَطهِيرِ الجَسَد، فكَم بالأَحرى دَمُ المَْسيح، الذي قرَّبَ بالرُّوحِ الأزَليِّ نَفسَهُ للهِ بِلا عَيب، يُطَهِّرُ ضَميرَكُم منَ الأَعمالِ الميِّتَةِ لتَعبُدُوا اللهَ الحَيّ.

هللويا

هَلُمُّوا نَبتَهجْ بالرَّبِّ، ونُهِلّلْ للهِ مخِلّصِنا

لنُبادِرْ الى وَجهِهِ باِلاعترافِ، وبالمزاميرِ نُهلِّلْ لهُ

الانجيل (مرقس 10 : 32-45)

في ذلك الزمان، أَخذ يسوع تلاميذه الاثني عشر، وطفق يقول لهم ما سيعرض له: ها نحن صاعدون إِلى أًُورشليم، وابن البشر سيُسلَم إِلى رؤساء الكهنة والكتبة، فيحكمون علية بالموت ويُسلمونه إِلى الامم، فيهزؤون به، ويجلدونه، ويبصقون عليه، ويقتلونه، وفي اليوم الثالث يقوم. فتقدَّم اليه يعقوب ويوحنا ابنا زبدى قائلين: يا معلّم، نريدُ أَن تصنع لنا كل ما نسألك. فقال لهما: ماذا تريدان ان اصنع لكما؟ قالا له: هب لنا أَن يجلس أحدنا عن يمينك والآخر عن يسارك في مجدك. فقال لهما يسوع: انكما لا تعلمان ما تطلبان. أَتستطيعان أَن تشربا الكأس التي أشربها أَنا، وأَن تصطبغان بالصبغة التي اصطبغُ بها أَنا؟ فقالا له: نستطيع. فقال لهما يسوع أَما الكأس التي أشربها فتشربانها، والصبغة التي اصطبغُ بها فتصطبغان بها. وأَما الجلوس عن يميني أَو يساري فليس لي أَن اعطيه بل هو للذين أُعد لهم. فلمَّا سمع العشرة أخذوا يغضبون على يعقوب ويوحنا. فدعاهم يسوع وقال لهم: تعلمون ان الذين يُعَدّون أركانه الامم يسودونهم، وعظماءَهم يتسلَّطون عليهم. وأَما في ما بينكم فلا يكن هكذا. بل من أَراد أَن يكون فيكم كبيراً، يكون لكم خادماً. ومن أَراد أَن يصير فيكم الاوَّل، يكون للجميع عبداً. فإِن ابن الانسان لم يأْتي ليُخدَم بل ليخدم، وليَبْذُلَ نفسَهُ فداءً عن كثيرين.