On Holy and Great Monday, we commemorate the blessed Joseph the All-Comely and the fig tree cursed and withered by the Lord.
Verses to Joseph the All-Comely
The chaste Joseph proved to be a just ruler
And a provider of corn; O abundance of good things.
And a provider of corn; O abundance of good things.
Verses to the withered fig tree
Christ likeneth the synagogue of the Hebrews
To a fig tree devoid of spiritual fruits and
Withereth it with a curse; let us avoid its fate.
To a fig tree devoid of spiritual fruits and
Withereth it with a curse; let us avoid its fate.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Monday
Holy and Great Monday: Scripture Readings
Holy Monday
Holy and Great Monday (Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos)
Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Fourth Century Jerusalem According to Nun Egeria
The Lord Comes To His Voluntary Passion
The Humble and Suffering Bridegroom of the Church
The Bridegroom of our Church
The Bridegroom Comes as a Mad Lover to Redeem His Creation
Behold, the Bridegroom is Coming - Ιδού, ο Νυμφίος έρχεται
Holy Monday - Freedom That Alters
"Bring More Evils Upon Them, O Lord"
"Israel Does Not Know Me..."
On the Cursing of the Fig Tree (St. John Chrysostom)
The Meaning of the Withered Fig Tree of the Gospel (St. Maximus the Confessor)
Why Did Christ Curse the Fig Tree?
A Homily on Joseph, the Chaste and Innocent
The Inner Freedom and Purity of Life of Joseph the All-Comely
The Joseph Story: Narrative, Theology and the Christian Hope
Joseph and Jesus Compared
Sermon on Joseph the Most Virtuous (St. Ephraim the Syrian)
Joseph the Patriarch in the Homilies of John Chrysostom
The Garment of Adam and the Garment of Joseph
Who Sold Joseph Into Slavery?
Who Sold Joseph? (Abba John the Dwarf)
The One Who Wrongs Us Is Our Benefactor (St. Paisios the Athonite)
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