Fourth Sunday of Advent
Isa. 38:1-8, Heb. 1:1-14, Lk. 17:1-10
St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Epistle to the Philippians

Saints James of Nisibis, Marouke the Hermit and Meletius the Bishop

Wis.7:12-20, Isa. 44:1-5, Heb.13:17-21, Jn. 9:39-10:10
St. Ephrem the Syrian, On the words “All is vanity and vexation of spirit” (Eccl. 1:14)

Fast Day
2 Thess. 3:1-18, Lk. 15:1-7
Thophilus of Antioch, The Apologia to Autolycus, Book I

Fast: Saints Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Orestes and Mardarius
Prov. 1:1-9, Nahum 2:1-7, Rom. 5:1-5, Mt. 5:1-12
St. John Chrysostom, On Abstinence

Fast
2 Thess. 2:1-16, Lk. 14:25-27
St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Ephesians

Fast: Saints Cornelius the Centurion, Simeon the Relative of Christ, Polycarp the Bishop of Smyrna and the Martyrs that perished in the East

Wis. 1:1-7, Jer. 16:16-21, Acts 1:12-14, Mk. 6:6-13

St. John Chrysostom, On the Similitude of Christ and Preferring God's Will to One's Own Will

Fast: Saints Menas, Hermogenes, Eugraphius, John the Cave Dweller and Alexios the Man of God
Prov. 15:33-16:7, Isa. 18:7, Phil. 1:27-2:4, Mt. 10:37-42
St. John Chrysostom, Priviledges of Poverty

Third Sunday of Advent: Barekendan of the Fast of Saint James
Isa. 37:14-38, 2 Thess. 1:1-12, Lk. 14:12-24

Isaac the Syrian, Do not expect that a man attached to carnal things will get the freedom of word in prayer

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

Wis. 10:9-12, Mal. 2:5-7, 1 Pet. 5:1-7, Jn. 10:11-16

Abba Dorotheus, Lesson 5: On Not Relying on One's Own Reason

Fast: Feast of the Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary

Song. 6:3-8, Mal. 3:1-2, Gal. 3:24-29, Lk. 1:39-56

St. Ephrem the Syrian, On Humility and Pride

The Holy Fathers of Egypt Paul, Paul the Simple, Macarius
of Alexandria, Evagrius, John, John the Dwarf, Nilus, Arsenius,
Sisoes, Daniel, Serapion, Macarius the Great, Poemen, and other Holy Fathers

Prov. 21:15-25, Isa. 19:19-21, Heb. 11:32-40, Mt. 10:37-42

Sayings of Abba Daniel

Fast
1 Thess. 5:1-11, Lk. 13:10-17
Sayings of St. Anthony the Great

Saint Abgar the First Christian King
Wis. 6:2-10, Isa. 45:1-3, 1 Tim. 2:1-7, Lk. 7:1-10
Justin the Philosopher, Apology II

Saints Gennaro the Bishop and Mercurius the Warrior, James the Persian and Themistocles the Martyr

Isa. 35:4-8, 2 Cor. 3:18-4:6, Lk. 12:2-9

St. John Chrysostom, On the Performance of Virtues

Second Sunday of Advent
Isa. 36:22-37:11, 1 Thess. 4:1-11, Lk. 13:1-9

St. John Chrysostom, On the Usefulness of Reading the Holy Scripture (continued)

Our first enlighteners, holy apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew

Wis. 9:13-10:2, Jer. 16:16-19, 1 Cor. 12:26-13:10, Mt. 9:35-10:7

St. John Chrysostom, On the Usefulness of Reading the Holy Scripture

Fast Day
1 Thess. 2:17-19, Lk. 12:49-59
Isaac the Syrian, On the Types of Hope in God

Saints Clement of Rome and Pancras the Bishop of Taormina
Prov. 8:33-36, Isa. 66:18-21, Phil. 4:1-7, Lk. 9:1-6
Isaac the Syrian, On the Protection of Heart and on Subtle Contemplation

Fast
1 Thess. 2:1-12, Lk. 12:41-48
Abba Dorotheus, Lesson 7: On Reproaching Oneself and not the Neighbor

Sts. Lucian the Priest, Tarachus, Probus and Andronicus, Onesimus and other disciples of Paul

Wis. 9:9-12, Isa. 41:15-19, 2 Cor. 2:14-17, Lk. 6:13-20

Isaac the Syrian, On Prayer, Genuflexion, Tears, Reading, Silence, and Psalmody

Holy virgins Juliana and Vasilissa
Song. 8:14, Hos. 14:6-8, 2 Cor. 6:16-7:1, Lk. 8:1-3
Isaac the Syrian, On Mindless Envy

First Sunday of Advent
Isa. 36:1-9, 2 Thess. 1:1-10, Lk. 12:13-31

St. John Chrysostom, Comparison of the royal authority, wealth and advantages with the true and Christian philosophy of the monastic life

Sts Gregory the Wonderworker, Nicholas the Wonderworker and Bishop Myron
Wis. 10:9-12, Mal. 2:5-7, 1 Pet. 5:1-7, Jn. 10:11-16
Abba Dorotheus, Lesson 5: On not relying on one's own reason

Fifth Day of the Fast of Advent
Col. 4:5-18, Lk. 12:1-12
St. Irenaeus, Against Heresies; Book 3, Chapter 1