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(Note: at Vespers, sing the Dogmatikon in the tone of the week, Tone 8, at the end of the Lamp-lighting Psalms)
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On September 26th we also commemorate the repose of John Apostle – Evangelist. The Apostle John was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus and was especially loved by Jesus for his sacrificial love. After his “calling,” the Apostle John did not part from the Lord, and he was one of the three apostles who was particularly close to Him. St John is known as a witness to the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor. During the Last Supper, he reclined next to the Lord, and laid his head upon His chest. He also asked the name of Jesus’ betrayer. He followed after the Lord when they led Him bound from the Garden of Gethsemane to the court of High Priests. He was there in the courtyard of the High Priest during the interrogations of Jesus and he resolutely followed after him on the way to Golgotha. At the foot of the Cross he stood with the Theotokos. He served Her until Her Dormition. He wrote the Gospel which bears his name, three Epistles, and the Book of Revelation as part of the New Testament. He was a leader of the early church in Jerusalem.
The Gospel Reading on his feast day is John 19: 25-27 & 21:24-25, which is as follows: John 19:25-27: “25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. 26 When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. 27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.” John 21:24-25: “24 This is that disciple who giveth testimony of these things, and hath written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. 25 But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written.”
