October 27, 2025

Events of the day

• Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius and Celsus; St Paraskeva of Serbia

  Commemoration

Fasting

No fast

No fast today.

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

Readings of the day

• Epistle

  Philippians 4:10–23

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  ¹⁰But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

  ¹¹Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

  ¹²I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

  ¹³I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

  ¹⁴However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

  ¹⁵You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.

  ¹⁶For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

  ¹⁷Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

  ¹⁸But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

  ¹⁹My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

  ²⁰Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

  ²¹Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.

  ²²All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar’s household.

  ²³The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

• Gospel

  Luke 9:18–22

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  ¹⁸As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”

  ¹⁹They answered, “ ‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.”

  ²⁰He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

  ²¹But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,

  ²²saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Morning prayer of St Macarius the Great