Friday
May 22, 2026
9 May (Old Style) · 6th week of Pascha
Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)
Events of the day
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Translation of the relics of St Nicholas from Myra to Bari
Polyeleos rank
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Prophet Isaiah; Martyr Christopher
Commemoration
- Afterfeast: Ascension of the Lord
Fasting
Fast day · Wednesday / Friday
Wednesday and Friday from Thomas Sunday to Pentecost: fish is allowed.
- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: allowed
- Oil: allowed
- Wine: allowed
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
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Epistle
Acts 19:1–8
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Gospel
John 14:1–11
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1“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
2In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
3If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
4You know where I go, and you know the way.”
5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.”
8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.