September 2, 2026

Events of the day

• Prophet Samuel

  Commemoration

• Afterfeast: Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

Fasting

Fast day · Wednesday / Friday

Wednesday and Friday: fast without meat, dairy or eggs. Whether fish is allowed depends on the day's feast — check the church calendar.

• Meat: not allowed
• Dairy & eggs: not allowed
• Fish: not specified
• 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

• Epistle

  2 Corinthians 13:3–14

• Gospel

  Mark 4:35–41

  Show the text

  ³⁵On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”

  ³⁶Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

  ³⁷A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

  ³⁸He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

  ³⁹He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

  ⁴⁰He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”

  ⁴¹They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Trisagion