February 4, 2026

Events of the day

• Apostle Timothy; Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian

  Commemoration

Fasting

No fast

The week after the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is fast-free, including Wednesday and Friday.

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

  2 Peter 3:1–18

• Gospel

  Mark 13:24–31

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  ²⁴But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

  ²⁵the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

  ²⁶Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  ²⁷Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

  ²⁸“Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

  ²⁹even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  ³⁰Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

  ³¹Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Trisagion