Liturgical Day

Monday, April 21, 2025
Renewal Monday Fast Free
Today we commemorate: Renewal Monday The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him Our Holy Father Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge Alexandra the Martyr Anastasios the Monk of Sinai Beuno, Abbot of Clynnog

Daily Readings
Epistle Reading Acts of the Apostles 1:12-17, 21-26	أعمال الرسل 1: 12- 17، 21-26
In those days, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey away; and when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said, "Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us, and was allotted his share in this ministry. "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection." And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justos, and Matthias. And they prayed and said, "Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.	¹² في تلك الأيام رَجَع الرسل إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ الَّذِي يُدْعَى جَبَلَ الزَّيْتُونِ الَّذِي هُوَ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى سَفَرِ سَبْتٍ. ¹³وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا صَعِدُوا إِلَى الْعِلِّيَّةِ الَّتِي كَانُوا يُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا: بُطْرُسُ وَيَعْقُوبُ وَيُوحَنَّا وَأَنْدَرَاوُسُ وَفِيلُبُّسُ وَتُومَا وَبَرْثُولَمَاوُسُ وَمَتَّى وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حَلْفَى وَسِمْعَانُ الْغَيُورُ وَيَهُوذَا بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ. ¹⁴هَؤُلاَءِ كُلُّهُمْ كَانُوا يُواظِبُونَ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَالطِّلْبَةِ مَعَ النِّسَاءِ وَمَرْيَمَ أُمِّ يَسُوعَ وَمَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ. ¹⁵وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ قَامَ بُطْرُسُ فِي وَسَطِ التَّلاَمِيذِ وَكَانَ عِدَّةُ أَسْمَاءٍ مَعاً نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. فَقَالَ: ¹⁶((أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ الإِخْوَةُ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَتِمَّ هَذَا الْمَكْتُوبُ الَّذِي سَبَقَ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ فَقَالَهُ بِفَمِ دَاوُدَ عَنْ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي صَارَ دَلِيلاً لِلَّذِينَ قَبَضُوا عَلَى يَسُوعَ ¹⁷إِذْ كَانَ مَعْدُوداً بَيْنَنَا وَصَارَ لَهُ نَصِيبٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْخِدْمَةِ. ²¹فَيَنْبَغِي أَنَّ الرِّجَالَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَمَعُوا مَعَنَا كُلَّ الزَّمَانِ الَّذِي فِيهِ دَخَلَ إِلَيْنَا الرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ وَخَرَجَ ²²مُنْذُ مَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا إِلَى الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي ارْتَفَعَ فِيهِ عَنَّا يَصِيرُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ شَاهِداً مَعَنَا بِقِيَامَتِهِ)). ²³فَأَقَامُوا اثْنَيْنِ: يُوسُفَ الَّذِي يُدْعَى بَارْسَابَا الْمُلَقَّبَ يُوسْتُسَ وَمَتِّيَاسَ. ²⁴وَصَلَّوْا قَائِلِينَ: ((أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الْعَارِفُ قُلُوبَ الْجَمِيعِ عَيِّنْ أَنْتَ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ الاِثْنَيْنِ أَيّاً اخْتَرْتَهُ ²⁵لِيَأْخُذَ قُرْعَةَ هَذِهِ الْخِدْمَةِ وَالرِّسَالَةِ الَّتِي تَعَدَّاهَا يَهُوذَا لِيَذْهَبَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ)). ²⁶ثُمَّ أَلْقَوْا قُرْعَتَهُمْ فَوَقَعَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ عَلَى مَتِّيَاسَ فَحُسِبَ مَعَ آلأَحَدَ عَشَرَ رَسُولاً.
Gospel Reading John 1:18-28	يوحنا 1: 18-28
No one has ever seen God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No." They said to him then, "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said." Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know, even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.	18 اَللَّهُ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ. اَلاِبْنُ الْوَحِيدُ الَّذِي هُوَ فِي حِضْنِ الآبِ هُوَ خَبَّرَ.19 هَذِهِ هِيَ شَهَادَةُ يُوحَنَّا حِينَ أَرْسَلَ الْيَهُودُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَهَنَةً وَلاَوِيِّينَ لِيَسْأَلُوهُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟20 فَاعْتَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ وَأَقَرَّ أَنِّي لَسْتُ أَنَا الْمَسِيحَ. 21 فَسَأَلُوهُ: إِذاً مَاذَا؟ إِيلِيَّا أَنْتَ؟ فَقَالَ: لَسْتُ أَنَا. أَلنَّبِيُّ أَنْتَ؟ فَأَجَابَ: لاَ.22 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ لِنُعْطِيَ جَوَاباً لِلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلُونَا؟ مَاذَا تَقُولُ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ؟23 قَالَ: أَنَا صَوْتُ صَارِخٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ: قَوِّمُوا طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ كَمَا قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ النَّبِيُّ24 وَكَانَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ مِنَ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ 25 فَسَأَلُوهُ: فَمَا بَالُكَ تُعَمِّدُ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَسْتَ الْمَسِيحَ وَلاَ إِيلِيَّا وَلاَ النَّبِيَّ؟26 أَجَابَهُمْ يُوحَنَّا: أَنَا أُعَمِّدُ بِمَاءٍ وَلَكِنْ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ قَائِمٌ الَّذِي لَسْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَهُ.27 هُوَ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بَعْدِي الَّذِي صَارَ قُدَّامِي الَّذِي لَسْتُ بِمُسْتَحِقٍّ أَنْ أَحُلَّ سُيُورَ حِذَائِهِ.28 هَذَا كَانَ فِي بَيْتِ عَبْرَةَ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَيْثُ كَانَ يُوحَنَّا يُعَمِّدُ.
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