At the SIXTH HOUR: Joel 2:12-26
At VESPERS: Joel 3:12-21
Note: by tradition, Divine Liturgy is not performed on Wednesday and Friday of Cheesefare Week, so there are no epistle or gospel lessons appointed.
Cheesefare Tuesday
EPISTLE: Jude 1:1-10
GOSPEL: Luke 22:39-42, 45-23:1
Cheesefare Monday
EPISTLE: 3 John 1:1-15
GOSPEL: Luke 19:29-40; 22:7-39
Reading from the Fathers: Oration 14, St Gregory the Theologian
On Meatfare Sunday, we read Saint Gregory the Theologian’s Oration XIV, On Love for the Poor, which beginneth, Men, brethren, and my fellow poor.
Gregory of Nazianzus. Oration 14, trans. Martha Vinson. In St. Gregory of Nazianzus: Select Orations, The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation, vol. 107. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2003. pp. 39-71
Meatfare Friday
EPISTLE: 2 John 1:1-13
GOSPEL: Mark 15:22, 25, 33-41
Meatfare Thursday
Meatfare Wednesday
EPISTLE: 1 John 3:21-24; 4:1-11
GOSPEL: Mark 14:43-15:1
Hieromartyr Haralambos; Meatfare Tuesday
EPISTLE: 2 Timothy 2:1-10 (Festal); 1 John 3:9-22a (Sequential)
GOSPEL: John 15:17-16:2 (Festal); Mark 14:10-42 (Sequential)
Meatfare Monday
Saturday of the Prodigal Son
EPISTLE: 1 Timothy 6:11-16
GOSPEL: Luke 20:45-21:4
Feast of St. Photios the Great; Friday of the Prodigal Son
EPISTLE: Hebrews 7:26-8:3 (Festal); 1 John 2:7-17 (Sequential)
GOSPEL: John 10:9-16 (Festal); Mark 14:3-9 (Sequential)
Thursday of the Prodigal Son
EPISTLE: 1 John 1:8-2:6
GOSPEL: Mark 13:31-14:2
Wednesday of the Prodigal Son
EPISTLE: 2 Peter 3:1-18
GOSPEL: Mark 13:24-31
Tuesday of the Prodigal Son
EPISTLE: 2 Peter 2:9-22
GOSPEL: Mark 13:14-23
Saturday of the Publican & Pharisee
33rd Saturday after Pentecost; 16th Saturday of St Luke
EPISTLE: 2 Timothy 2:11-19
GOSPEL: Luke 18:2-8
Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs; Friday of the Publican & Pharisee
33rd Friday after Pentecost; 16th Friday of St Luke
EPISTLE: Hebrews 13:7-16 (Festal); 2 Peter 1:1-10 (Sequential)
GOSPEL: Matthew 5:14-19 (Festal); Mark 13:1-8 (Sequential)
Thursday of the Publican & Pharisee
33rd Thursday after Pentecost; 16th Thursday of St Luke
EPISTLE: 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:1-5
GOSPEL: Mark 12:38-44
Wednesday of the Publican & Pharisee
33rd Wednesday after Pentecost; 16th Wednesday of St Luke
EPISTLE: 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:1-5
GOSPEL: Mark 12:38-44
Feast of the Translation of the Relics of John Chrysostom; Tuesday of the Publican & Pharisee
Monday of the Publican & Pharisee
33rd Monday after Pentecost; 16th Monday of St Luke
EPISTLE: 1 Peter 2:21b-25; 3:1-9
GOSPEL: Mark 12:13-17