August 24 -- Saint Bartholomew, Apostle He trekked east and preached in northern India and Armenia, where he met his death by being skinned alive and then beheaded.
Holy Gospel: August 25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves." (Matthew 23: 13-22)
Holy Gospel: August 24 "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16: 13-20)
Holy Gospel: August 22 “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment." (Matthew 22: 34-40)
Holy Gospel: August 19 “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19: 23-30)