February 14, 2025.

Memorial of St. Cyril, monk, and methodias, bishop.

A reading from the book of Genesis.

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the Lord God had made.

The serpent asked the woman,

Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?

The woman answered the serpent.

We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

It is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said,

You shall not eat it or even touch it lest you die.

But the serpent said to the woman,

You certainly will not die.

No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it,

your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods who know what is good and what is

evil.

The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining

wisdom.

So, she took some of its fruit and ate it.

And she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked.

So they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. When they heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of the day,

the man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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