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4, Bashans 1742 (Tuesday, 12 May 2026)

Tuesday of the Fifth week of the Holy Fifty Days

Vespers

Psalm

Psalms 118:1-2

1Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.2Let Israel now say, His mercy endures forever.

Gospel

John 3:31-36

31He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.32And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.33He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.34For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.36He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

Matins

Psalm

Psalms 118:18-19

18The Lord has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death.19Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the Lord.

Gospel

Mark 4:35-41

35On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, Let us cross over to the other side.36Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.37And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.38But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?39Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still! And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.40But He said to them, Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?41And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!

Liturgy

Pauline

Romans 4:9-12

9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.10How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised.11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,12and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.

Catholic

1 John 4:11-17

11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.13By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.17Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

Acts

Acts 7:40-43

40saying to Aaron, `Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'41And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.42Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: `Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?43You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Images which you made to worship; And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.'

Psalm

Psalms 34:5, 8

5They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.
8Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

Gospel

John 12:44-48

44Then Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me.45And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.47And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.48He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.