'Daily Bread'
Friday, February 2, 2024
Daily Scripture Reading for Friday, February 2, 2024
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 6:1-12
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!”
Gospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40
22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the LORD”),
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple
LEARN about the presentation of the young Christ in the temple.
WHEN YOU’RE WITH GOD AND GOD IS IN YOU
Feature on Abbess Xenia (Pashkova)
Once a star of the stage, singer and director Tatiana Pashkova left a successful career, her beloved theater, and became not simply a nun, but the abbess of the Iveron Convent in the city of Orsk—a “heartfelt” monastery, as one Russian publication wrote about it. According to Mother Xenia, her encounter with her spiritual father, Archpriest Sergei Baranov, was the final chord in the secular composition of Tatiana Pashkova. In this interview, the abbess talks about her path and how the monastery is being built today.
This week’s calendar reminders:
Monday 1/29: Matins 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday 1/30: no services or events
Wednesday 1/31: no services or events
Thursday 2/1: No Matins; Festal Vesperal Liturgy 6:30 p.m. (Meeting of Christ in the Temple)
Friday 2/2: Festal Matins 8:30 a.m.
Saturday 2/3: Great Vespers 6 p.m.
Sunday 2/4: Divine Liturgy 9:15 a.m.
