Sunday 15th February 2026
Tone 3 - Eothinon 3
35th after Pentecost, 18th of Luke, Meatfare or Judgement Sunday
Today we commemorate:
St. Onesimos, Apostle of the Seventy (c.109). St. Paphnutios and his daughter St. Euphrosyne, nun, of Alexandria (5th C). St. Eusebios, hermit of Syria (5th C). Martyr Major of Gaza (304). St. Theognios, bishop of Bethelia near Gaza (523). Righteous Elder Anthimus of Chios (1960).
British Isles and Ireland:
St. Berach of Connaught (5th C). St. Dochow (473). St. Farannan of Allernan (590). St. Oswy, King of Northumbria (670). St. Sigfrid of Glastonbury, Apostle of Sweden (c.1045). SS. Winaman, Unaman & Sunaman, Monk Martyrs (1040).
1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2; Matthew 25:31-46
Readings in bold type are those appointed by the Typikon for use at the Liturgy
1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2
Brothers and sisters, food does not bring us to God, for if we eat we are no further forward, and if we do not eat, we do not fall behind. But beware that this privilege of yours does not become a stumbling block for the weak, because if they see you, with what you know, sitting down to eat in an idol’s temple, will their consciences, which are weak, not be emboldened to eat meat sacrificed to idols? And so, through your knowledge, the weak brother or sister for whom Christ died will be lost. In this way, by sinning against the brothers and sisters and wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore if food is causing my brother or sister to stumble, I shall never again eat meat so that I do not cause them to stumble. Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Matthew 25:31-46
The Lord said, ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all the holy angels with him, he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him and he will separate them, one from another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, my Father’s blessed ones, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in, naked and you clothed me; I was ill and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.” Then the righteous will reply and say to him, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison and come to you?” And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you that whenever you did it for one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you did it for me.” And then he will say to those on the left, “Go from me, cursed ones, into the everlasting fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you did not give me a drink; I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, ill and in prison and you did not visit me.” They too will then reply and say to him, “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to you?” And he will answer them, “Truly I tell you that whenever you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.” And they will go away to everlasting punishment, but the righteous to everlasting life.’