April 30, 2026

Events of the day

• Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop of Persia; St Zosimas of Solovki

  Polyeleos rank

• Afterfeast: Pascha. The Bright Resurrection of Christ

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

  Acts 8:26–39

• Gospel

  John 6:40–44

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  ⁴⁰This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

  ⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

  ⁴²They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’ ”

  ⁴³Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves.

  ⁴⁴No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Prayer to the Holy Spirit “O Heavenly King”