From the calendar 2026

Tuesday, June 16

St Tycho, Bishop of Amathus

Appointed readings

2 passages

Epistle

Romans 7:14–8:2

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14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

16If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

17But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

19For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

20Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

21I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.

22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

24O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

25I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Gospel

Matthew 10:9–15

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9Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts,

10nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.

11'Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go out.

12And when you go into a household, greet it.

13If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

15Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

The rhythm of the day

Fasting: Wine & oil
Weekly tone: Tone 1

In remembrance

The saints commemorated this day

St Tycho, Bishop of AmathusRead the life

He was born to pious Christian parents on Cyprus. Known for his piety and purity of life, he was became a clergyman, then was made Bishop of Amathus by St Epiphanios (May 12). He served faithfully as bishop in Cyprus for many years, finally reposing in peace. At this time there were still many pagans in Cyprus, and he worked tirelessly as a missionary among them, bringing many to the Faith. He was known as a wonder-worker from his youth. “His father was a baker, and whenever his father left him alone in the shop, he would distribute the bread to the poor without payment. His father reproached him once for doing this, so he prayed to God and their storehouse became so full of grain that they could open the door only with difficulty.” (Prologue) Once he planted a dry slip from a grapevine, and it miraculously turned green and bore fruit.

Read the full life

Ven. Tikhon of Kaluga

Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)Read the life

When St John Chrysostom was exiled, the Great Church caught fire and was destroyed. Most of the people saw this as a judgment upon the City for exiling the holy Archbishop; but St John’s enemies tried to blame his followers and persecuted them fiercely. Two of these loyal followers were Tigrios, a priest, and Eutropios, a reader. Tigrios had been a slave in his youth and was a eunuch; but once he was freed he had given his life selflessly to the service of the Church. The governor, Optatius, had Tigrios viciously tortured, then sent him into exile in Mesopotamia, where he died in captivity. Eutropios, another pure and holy servant of the Church, was flogged with whips and rods, then hanged. Christians carrying his body for burial heard a beautiful angelic chanting in the sky above them.