November 2, 2023 
Venerable Marcian of Cyrrhus (381)
New Hieromartyr Basil Luzgin (1918)
Martyrs Akyndinos, Pegasias, Aphthonios, Elpidiphoros, Anempodistos and 7,000 suffering with them in Persia (c341-345)
Hieromartyr Victorinus, bishop of Pataba
Martyr Eustochiuma the Virgin
Holy Hierarch Theodotus, bishop of Laodicea
St Erc, bishop of Slane, Ireland
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Thursday of the 22nd week after Pentecost
Col 4.2-9 (Epistle)
Brethren, continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
Luke 11.47-12.1 (Gospel)
The Lord said to the Jews that came to Him: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered. And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him. In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”