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1. Первое чтение 2 Маккавейская 6:18-31

   ¹⁸Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, a man already well advanced in years, and of a noble countenance, was compelled to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh. ¹⁹But he, welcoming death with honor rather than life with defilement, advanced of his own accord to the instrument of torture, but first spat out the flesh, ²⁰as men ought to come who are resolute to repel such things as not even for the natural love of life is it lawful to taste. ²¹But those who had the charge of that forbidden sacrificial feast took the man aside, for the acquaintance which of old times they had with him, and privately implored him to bring flesh of his own providing, such as was proper for him to use, and to make as if he did eat of the flesh from the sacrifice, as had been commanded by the king; ²²that by so doing he might be delivered from death, and so his ancient friendship with them might be treated kindly. ²³But he, having formed a high resolve, and one that became his years, the dignity of old age, and the gray hairs which he had reached with honor, and his excellent education from a child, or rather the holy laws of God’s ordaining, declared his mind accordingly, bidding them to quickly send him to Hades. ²⁴“For it doesn’t become our years to dissemble,” he said, “that many of the young should suppose that Eleazar, the man of ninety years, had gone over to an alien religion; ²⁵and so they, by reason of my deception, and for the sake of this brief and momentary life, would be led astray because of me, and I defile and disgrace myself in my old age. ²⁶For even if for the present time I would remove from me the punishment of men, yet whether I live or die, I wouldn’t escape the hands of the Almighty. ²⁷Therefore, by bravely parting with my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age, ²⁸and leave behind a noble example to the young to die willingly and nobly a glorious death for the revered and holy laws.” When he had said these words, he went immediately to the instrument of torture. ²⁹When they changed the good will they bore toward him a little before into ill will because these words of his were, as they thought, sheer madness, ³⁰and when he was at the point to die with the blows, he groaned aloud and said, “To the Lord, who has the holy knowledge, it is manifest that, while I might have been delivered from death, I endure severe pains in my body by being scourged; but in soul I gladly suffer these things because of my fear of him.” ³¹So this man also died like this, leaving his death for an example of nobleness and a memorial of virtue, not only to the young but also to the great body of his nation.

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2. Респонсорный псалом Псалтирь 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

   ²Господи! как умножились враги мои! Многие восстают на меня ³многие говорят душе моей: “нет ему спасения в Боге”. ⁴Но Ты, Господи, щит предо мною, слава моя, и Ты возносишь голову мою. ⁵Гласом моим взываю к Господу, и Он слышит меня со святой горы Своей. ⁶Ложусь я, сплю и встаю, ибо Господь защищает меня. ⁷Не убоюсь тем народа, которые со всех сторон ополчились на меня.

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3. Возглас перед Евангелием 1 Иоанна 4:10b

4. Евангелие От Луки 19:1-10

   ¹Потом Иисус вошел в Иерихон и проходил через него. ²И вот, некто, именем Закхей, начальник мытарей и человек богатый, ³искал видеть Иисуса, кто Он, но не мог за народом, потому что мал был ростом, ⁴и, забежав вперед, взлез на смоковницу, чтобы увидеть Его, потому что Ему надлежало проходить мимо нее. ⁵Иисус, когда пришел на это место, взглянув, увидел его и сказал ему: Закхей! сойди скорее, ибо сегодня надобно Мне быть у тебя в доме. ⁶И он поспешно сошел и принял Его с радостью. ⁷И все, видя то, начали роптать, и говорили, что Он зашел к грешному человеку; ⁸Закхей же, став, сказал Господу: Господи! половину имения моего я отдам нищим, и, если кого чем обидел, воздам вчетверо. ⁹Иисус сказал ему: ныне пришло спасение дому сему, потому что и он сын Авраама, ¹⁰ибо Сын Человеческий пришел взыскать и спасти погибшее.

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