Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389
Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Spiritual Guide, 1833
Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop in South India, Evangelist, 1945

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White / white

Exciting Holiness
Wisdom 7.15-22a
Psalm 27.1-5, 10-12
2 Timothy 4.1-8
Matthew 5.13-19

Holy Communion
1 John 2.22-28
Psalm 98.1-4
John 1.19-28

Morning Prayer
Psalm 18.1-30
Ruth 1
Colossians 2.8-end

Evening Prayer
Psalms 45, 46
Isaiah 60.1-12
John 1.35-42

Collect

Lord God,whose servants Basil and Gregory
proclaimed the mystery of your Word made flesh,
to build up your Church in wisdom and strength:
grant that we may rejoice in his presence among us,
and so be brought with them to know the power
of your unending love;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God of truth,
whose Wisdom set her table
and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
of the kingdom:
help us to lay aside all foolishness
and to live and walk in the way of insight,
that we may come with Basil and Gregory to the eternal feast of heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.