{"id":343,"date":"2015-06-03T20:28:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T00:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=343"},"modified":"2015-06-03T20:59:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T00:59:24","slug":"thursday-june-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, June 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orthodox Daily Devotional<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Life of the Saint<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Sisters of Lazarus, Mary and Martha<\/p>\n

The righteous sisters Martha and Mary were believers in Christ even before He raised their brother St Lazarus (October 17) from the dead. After the murder of the holy Archdeacon Stephen a persecution against the Jerusalem Church broke out, and Righteous Lazarus was cast out of Jerusalem. The holy sisters then assisted their brother in the proclaiming of the Gospel in various lands (departing life in Cyprus).<\/p>\n

Scripture Reading<\/span>
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MATTHEW 4 12\u00a0<\/sup>Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13\u00a0<\/sup>And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14\u00a0<\/sup>that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 15\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>\u201cThe land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:<\/span>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.\u201d<\/span> 17\u00a0<\/sup>From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, <\/span>\u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\u201d <\/span>18\u00a0<\/sup>And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19\u00a0<\/sup>Then He said to them, \u201cFollow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.\u201d 20\u00a0<\/sup>They immediately left their<\/i> nets and followed Him. 21\u00a0<\/sup>Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son<\/i> of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22\u00a0<\/sup>and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. 23\u00a0<\/sup>And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24\u00a0<\/sup>Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 25\u00a0<\/sup>Great multitudes followed Him\u2014from Galilee, and from<\/i> Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Calendar <\/span>Saints<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>& \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Lectionary Scriptures<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Old Calendar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Saints & Lectionary Scriptures<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. \u00a9 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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