On Cheese-Fare Friday: In the refectory we read the homily On Fasting by Saint Dorotheus.
Dorotheos of Gaza: Discourses and Sayings
Cistercian Studies Series: Number Thirty-Three
Translated Eric P. Wheeler
1977
Reading from the Fathers: 1st Homily on Fasting, St. Basil the Great
On Friday morning of Cheese-Fare Week, we read the first homily of Great Basil On Fasting, which beginneth: Sound the trumpet at the new moon.
Read out of On Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great (SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano
Cheesefare Friday
At the SIXTH HOUR: Zachariah 8:7-17
At VESPERS: Zachariah 8:19-23
Reading from the Fathers: On Fasting, Anastasius of Sinai
On Cheese-Fare Thursday, we read the Homily of Saint Anastasius, Abbot of Mount Sinai.
Note: No published English translation of this homily is available. The version shared here is a provisional translation prepared with digital tools (Google Translate compared against ChatGPT) and human revision, offered for reading while a more formal translation is lacking. Caveat emptor.
Cheesefare Thursday
EPISTLE: Jude 1:11-25
GOSPEL: Luke 23:2-34, 44-56
Reading from the Fathers: 2nd Homily on Fasting, St. Basil the Great
On Wednesday morning of Cheese-Fare Week, we read the second homily of Saint Basil the Great On Fasting, which beginneth Comfort Ye.
Read out of On Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great (SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano
Reading from the Fathers: On the Giving of Thanks, St. Basil the Great
On Tuesday morning of Cheese-Fare Week, we read the Homily of Saint Basil the Great On the Giving of Thanks.
Read out of On Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great (SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano
Cheesefare Wednesday
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