Daily lectionary
Today’s Readings
Commemorated
Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Readings
Philippians 2:5–11·Luke 10:38–42; 11:27–28
Triliteral root of the day
St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Elizabeth, located on St. Paul’s West Side, is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America, under the protection of His Eminence, the Most Reverend Daniel, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest.
Hosted at St. Elizabeth
Two days of lectures on Scripture. Dr. Farah El-Sharif (Harvard PhD, formerly of Stanford) presents “The Qur’an and the Living Prophet.” After her lecture, Fr. Paul Nadim Tarazi gives the 2026 Keynote, “The Scriptural Canon.” It will be his final public lecture, delivered on the weekend of his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest.
Friday, October 2
Welcome and coffee
Six presentations, with a short mid-morning break and lunch (11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.)
Saturday, October 3
Coffee
Two presentations
Break
Guest lecture: Dr. Farah El-Sharif, “The Qur’an and the Living Prophet”
Keynote: Fr. Paul Nadim Tarazi, “The Scriptural Canon”
All times Central (CDT). 125 Congress St E, St. Paul.
Daily lectionary
Commemorated
Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Readings
Philippians 2:5–11·Luke 10:38–42; 11:27–28
Triliteral root of the day
Parish journal
Reflections on Scripture, language, and the life of the parish.
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Services, reflections, and Bible teaching from St. Elizabeth.
Latest audio
Fr. Marc Boulos discusses the content of the Bible as literature, drawing from the biblical text in its original languages.
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A short teaching from St. Elizabeth on how the biblical text confronts and undoes the human ego.
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Clergy
Father Marc Boulos, Rector
Deacon Anthony Jarrell, Assistant
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