Tuesday 10th February 2026
Hieromartyr Haralambos, Bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, and those with him
Today we commemorate:
St. Anastasios, patriarch of Jerusalem (706). Holy Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina, and Paula of Palestine (308). St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict (543). Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod.
British Isles and Ireland:
St. Merewenna, abbess of Romsey (10th C). St. Trumwin, bishop of Abercorn (c.704). St. Erluph of Werden (830).
1 John 3:9-22; Mark 14:10-42
For the Commemoration: 2 Timothy 2:1-10; John 15:17-16:2
Readings in bold type are those appointed by the Typikon for use at the Liturgy
1 John 3:9-22
Brothers and sisters, those who are born of God do not commit sin because his seed lives in them; they are not able to sin because they are born of God. In this way the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed. Those who are not doing what is right are not of God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters. For this is the message you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, unlike Cain who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil while those of his brother were righteous. Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Those who do not love the brothers and sisters remain in death. All who hate their brothers and sisters are murderers, and you know that all murderers do not have everlasting life living in them. This is how we know love, because he laid down his life on our behalf, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters. And those with worldly wealth who see their brother or sister in need and close their hearts towards them, how does the love of God live in them? My little children, let us love, not by word nor by speech, but in deed and truth. This is how we know that we are of the truth and shall reassure our hearts in his presence, because whenever our our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him.
Mark 14:10-42
At that time Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. When they heard they were delighted and promised to give him money, and he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover, his disciples asked him, ‘Where do you want us to go to prepare for you to eat the Passover?’ He sent off two of his disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the city where a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him, and where he goes in tell the master of the house, “The Teacher says, ‘Where are my lodgings where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?’” He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Prepare for us there.’ His disciples set off, arrived in the city, and found what he had told them, and they prepared for Passover. Evening came, and he arrived with the Twelve. While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you that one of you who is eating with me will betray me.’ They became distressed, and one by one they asked him, ‘Not I, surely?’ Then another, ‘Not I, surely?’ In reply he told them, ‘It is one of the Twelve, one who is dipping into the dish with me. The Son of Man does indeed depart as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would have been better for him if he had not been born.’ While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed, broke, and gave it to them. He said, ‘Take, eat. This is my body.’ Then he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, ‘This is my blood of the new covenant that is poured out for many. Truly I tell you that I shall drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God.’ They then sang God’s praise and went out to the Mount of Olives. Jesus said to them, ‘This night all of you will fall away on my account, for it is written, “I shall strike down the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.” But after I have been raised up I shall go ahead of you into Galilee.’ Peter said to him, ‘Even if everyone falls away, I shall not.’ Jesus told him, ‘Truly I tell you that today, this night before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times.’ But Peter protested strongly, ‘Even if it is necessary for me to die with you, I shall never disown you.’ And they all said the same. They arrived at a place, its name is Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’ He took with him Peter and James and John, and he became greatly agitated and distressed. He said to them, ‘My soul is deeply grieved, even to death. Stay here and be watchful.’ Going on a little further, he fell face down on the ground and prayed that, if possible, the hour might pass from him. He was saying, ‘Abba, Father, everything is possible for you: remove this cup from me; yet not what I want, but what you want.’ He came back and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, ‘Simon, you are sleeping. Were you not strong enough to keep awake for one hour? Watch and pray so that you may not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.’ Once more he went away and prayed, saying the same thing. Then he returned, and again he found them sleeping because their eyes were heavy; and they did not know how to answer him. He returned a third time and said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping and taking your ease? It is over; the hour has come. You see the Son of Man betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up, let us go. Listen! The one who is betraying me is near.’
2 Timothy 2:1-10
Timothy, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And these things that you heard from me through many witnesses, entrust them to faithful people, to those who will also be competent to teach others. As a good soldier of Jesus Christ, you are to put up with hardship; no one on active service entangles himself in the affairs of life if he is to please the one who enlisted him. Then there are those who compete; they cannot be crowned unless they compete by the rules. The labouring farmer should be the first to take a share of the crops. Think about what I am saying, and may the Lord give you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David. That is my Gospel for which I am suffering hardship to the extent of being chained like a criminal, though the word of God is not chained. The reason I am enduring all this is for the sake of the chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with everlasting glory.
John 15:17-16:2
The Lord said to his disciples, ‘These things I command you so that you may love one another. If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But you are not of the world because I chose you from the world, and that is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: the slave is not greater than the master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you as well. If they heeded my word, they will heed yours as well. Yes, they will do all these things to you on account of my name because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me, also hates my Father. If I had not done among them the works that no one else has done they would have no sin, but now they have seen me they hate both me and my Father. It is so that the words written in their law may be fulfilled: “They hated me for no reason.” When the Advocate comes whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me. You will also bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning. I have told you these things so that you may not stumble. They will expel you from the synagogues. Indeed the time is coming when those who kill you will think that they are offering worship to God.’