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Who may dwell in Your holy hill?"},{"id":156736,"bibleId":2,"bookId":19,"chapter":15,"number":2,"text":"He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart;"}]}],"html":null},{"id":2,"title":null,"introduction":"Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.","conclusion":"Glory be to God forever.","passages":[{"bookId":43,"bookTranslation":"John","chapter":4,"ref":"4:46-53","verses":[{"id":168856,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":46,"text":"So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum."},{"id":168857,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":47,"text":"When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death."},{"id":168858,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":48,"text":"Then Jesus said to him, \"Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.\""},{"id":168859,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":49,"text":"The nobleman said to Him, \"Sir, come down before my child dies!\""},{"id":168860,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":50,"text":"Jesus said to him, \"Go your way; your son lives.\" So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way."},{"id":168861,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":51,"text":"And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, \"Your son lives!\""},{"id":168862,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":52,"text":"Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, \"Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.\""},{"id":168863,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":4,"number":53,"text":"So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, \"Your son lives.\" And he himself believed, and his whole household."}]}],"html":null}]}]},{"id":2,"title":"Matins","subSections":[{"id":1,"title":"Psalm & Gospel","introduction":"Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist. May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.","readings":[{"id":1,"title":null,"introduction":"From the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all. Amen.","conclusion":"Alleluia","passages":[{"bookId":19,"bookTranslation":"Psalms","chapter":24,"ref":"24:3-4","verses":[{"id":156891,"bibleId":2,"bookId":19,"chapter":24,"number":3,"text":"Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place?"},{"id":156892,"bibleId":2,"bookId":19,"chapter":24,"number":4,"text":"He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully."}]}],"html":null},{"id":2,"title":null,"introduction":"Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.","conclusion":"Glory be to God forever.","passages":[{"bookId":43,"bookTranslation":"John","chapter":3,"ref":"3:17-21","verses":[{"id":168791,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":3,"number":17,"text":"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."},{"id":168792,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":3,"number":18,"text":"\"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."},{"id":168793,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":3,"number":19,"text":"And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."},{"id":168794,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":3,"number":20,"text":"For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed."},{"id":168795,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":3,"number":21,"text":"But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.\""}]}],"html":null}]}]},{"id":3,"title":"Liturgy","subSections":[{"id":3,"title":"Pauline Epistle","introduction":null,"readings":[{"id":3,"title":null,"introduction":"Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God. A reading from the  Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Hebrews. May his blessings be with us. Amen.","conclusion":"The grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.","passages":[{"bookId":58,"bookTranslation":"Hebrews","chapter":7,"ref":"7:1-17","verses":[{"id":172719,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":1,"text":"For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,"},{"id":172720,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":2,"text":"to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated \"king of righteousness,\" and then also king of Salem, meaning \"king of peace,\""},{"id":172721,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":3,"text":"without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually."},{"id":172722,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":4,"text":"Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils."},{"id":172723,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":5,"text":"And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham;"},{"id":172724,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":6,"text":"but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises."},{"id":172725,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":7,"text":"Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better."},{"id":172726,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":8,"text":"Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives."},{"id":172727,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":9,"text":"Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak,"},{"id":172728,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":10,"text":"for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him."},{"id":172729,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":11,"text":"Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?"},{"id":172730,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":12,"text":"For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law."},{"id":172731,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":13,"text":"For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar."},{"id":172732,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":14,"text":"For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood."},{"id":172733,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":15,"text":"And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest"},{"id":172734,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":16,"text":"who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life."},{"id":172735,"bibleId":2,"bookId":58,"chapter":7,"number":17,"text":"For He testifies: \"You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.\""}]}],"html":null}]},{"id":4,"title":"Catholic Epistle","introduction":null,"readings":[{"id":4,"title":null,"introduction":"A Reading from the Second Epistle of Saint John. May his blessings be upon us. Amen.","conclusion":"Do not love the world or the things in the world. The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever. Amen.","passages":[{"bookId":63,"bookTranslation":"2 John","chapter":1,"ref":"1:1-13","verses":[{"id":173300,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":1,"text":"The Elder, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth,"},{"id":173301,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":2,"text":"because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:"},{"id":173302,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":3,"text":"Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."},{"id":173303,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":4,"text":"I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father."},{"id":173304,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":5,"text":"And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another."},{"id":173305,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":6,"text":"This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it."},{"id":173306,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":7,"text":"For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."},{"id":173307,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":8,"text":"Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward."},{"id":173308,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":9,"text":"Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son."},{"id":173309,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":10,"text":"If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;"},{"id":173310,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":11,"text":"for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds."},{"id":173311,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":12,"text":"Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full."},{"id":173312,"bibleId":2,"bookId":63,"chapter":1,"number":13,"text":"The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen."}]}],"html":null}]},{"id":5,"title":"Acts of the Apostles","introduction":null,"readings":[{"id":5,"title":null,"introduction":"The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us. Amen.","conclusion":"The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God. Amen.","passages":[{"bookId":44,"bookTranslation":"Acts","chapter":18,"ref":"18:9-21","verses":[{"id":170220,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":9,"text":"Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, \"Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent;"},{"id":170221,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":10,"text":"for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.\""},{"id":170222,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":11,"text":"And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them."},{"id":170223,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":12,"text":"When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,"},{"id":170224,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":13,"text":"saying, \"This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.\""},{"id":170225,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":14,"text":"And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, \"If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you."},{"id":170226,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":15,"text":"But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.\""},{"id":170227,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":16,"text":"And he drove them from the judgment seat."},{"id":170228,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":17,"text":"Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallio took no notice of these things."},{"id":170229,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":18,"text":"So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow."},{"id":170230,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":19,"text":"And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews."},{"id":170231,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":20,"text":"When they asked him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent,"},{"id":170232,"bibleId":2,"bookId":44,"chapter":18,"number":21,"text":"but took leave of them, saying, \"I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing.\" And he sailed from Ephesus."}]}],"html":null}]},{"id":10,"title":"Synaxarium","introduction":"In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit One God. Amen\r\nDay 10th of the Blessed Coptic Month of Amshir.\r\nMay God begin it in goodness and renew it for us in peace and tranquility, while our sins and iniquities are forgiven through the tender mercies of our Lord, O my fathers and my brethren. Amen.","readings":[{"id":6,"title":"The Martyrdom of St. Philo, Bishop of the Persians","introduction":null,"conclusion":null,"passages":null,"html":"<p>On this day St. Philo, bishop of the Persians, was martyred by the hand of the Persian Emperor.</p><p>He tried to force him to worship fire and to kneel to the sun that the Persian Emperor worshiped. When St. Philo refused to obey the orders of the emperor and stood fast in his faith in the Lord Christ, the emperor tormented him with different kinds of tortures. Finally he ordered to behead him with the sword thus he received the crown of martyrdom.</p><p>The blessing of his prayers be with us all. Amen.</p>"},{"id":6,"title":"The Martyrdom of St. Justus, the Son of Emperor Numerian","introduction":null,"conclusion":null,"passages":null,"html":"<p>On this day also, St. Justus, the son of Emperor Numerian, was martyred. He was a prince and a high ranking army commander. When he returned victoriously from the war against the Persians, he found that his father had died; Diocletian had married his sister and became emperor.</p><p>When the nobles of the empire met together to enthrone Justus emperor, he refused, for he preferred the heavenly kingdom over the earthly. After a while Diocletian abandoned the faith of the Lord Christ and worshiped the idols. When Justus objected to what Diocletian had done, he seized him, his wife Theoclea and his son Abali and sent them to Alexandria to be tortured there away from their country and their people.</p><p>When they arrived to Alexandria, the governor tried to persuade them to worship the idols. They refused declaring their steadfastness in their faith in the Lord Christ. He sent St. Justus to Antinoe (Ansena ), Abali, his son, to Basta and Theoclea to Sa el-Hagar. The rulers tortured them then beheaded the three saints, and they received the crowns of martyrdom.</p><p>The blessing of their prayers be with us all. Amen.</p>"},{"id":6,"title":"The Departure of St. Isidore of Pelusium","introduction":null,"conclusion":null,"passages":null,"html":"<p>On this day also of the year 166 of the martyrs (450 A.D.) the great saint, ascetic and scholar Anba Isidore of Pelusium (El-Farama), departed. He was born in Alexandria in the year 370 A.D. to a large family. He was related to the saints Pope Theophilus, the 23rd patriarchs of Alexandria and Pope Cyril I, the 24th Patriarch. His parents raised him up with a Christian upbringing and taught him the church subjects.</p><p>When he grew he learnt the Greek language and its literature which he excelled in and surpassed many. He became a scholar in many subjects, Philosophy, History and Logic however he was a humble ascetic.</p><p>He fled away from the glory of the world and became a monk in one of the monasteries in the region of el-Farama. Then he moved to the region of Pelusium to live there a life of solitude and asceticism. His monastic conduct was purely evangelical inclined to simplicity caring for the inward adornment of the soul with virtues.</p><p>He was interested in his seclusion to interpret the Holy Scriptures. He commented on many books of the Old and New Testaments. He also wrote powerful epistles to many of the emperors, patriarchs, bishops and monks. These epistles estimated to be about two thousands. The gifts of the Holy Spirit were abundantly clear in his writings. When he reached a good old age departed in peace and went to the Lord whom he loved.</p><p>The blessing of his prayers be with us all and glory be to our God for ever. Amen.</p>"}]},{"id":1,"title":"Psalm & Gospel","introduction":"Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist. May His Blessings be with us all. Amen.","readings":[{"id":1,"title":null,"introduction":"From the Psalms of our father David the prophet and the king, may his blessings be with us all. Amen.","conclusion":"Alleluia","passages":[{"bookId":19,"bookTranslation":"Psalms","chapter":96,"ref":"96:7-8","verses":[{"id":158119,"bibleId":2,"bookId":19,"chapter":96,"number":7,"text":"Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Give to the LORD glory and strength."},{"id":158120,"bibleId":2,"bookId":19,"chapter":96,"number":8,"text":"Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts."}]}],"html":null},{"id":2,"title":null,"introduction":"Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, unto Him be the glory forever, Amen.","conclusion":"Glory be to God forever.","passages":[{"bookId":43,"bookTranslation":"John","chapter":6,"ref":"6:5-14","verses":[{"id":168916,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":5,"text":"Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, \"Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?\""},{"id":168917,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":6,"text":"But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do."},{"id":168918,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":7,"text":"Philip answered Him, \"Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.\""},{"id":168919,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":8,"text":"One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,"},{"id":168920,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":9,"text":"\"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?\""},{"id":168921,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":10,"text":"Then Jesus said, \"Make the people sit down.\" Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand."},{"id":168922,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":11,"text":"And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted."},{"id":168923,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":12,"text":"So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, \"Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.\""},{"id":168924,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":13,"text":"Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten."},{"id":168925,"bibleId":2,"bookId":43,"chapter":6,"number":14,"text":"Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, \"This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.\""}]}],"html":null}]}]}],"copticDate":"10/6/1740"}