October 1, 2026

Events of the day

• St Eumenius, Bishop of Gortyna

  Commemoration

• Afterfeast: Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross

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

  Ephesians 5:33–6:9

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  ³³Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

  ¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  ²“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

  ³“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

  ⁴You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  ⁵Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,

  ⁶not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

  ⁷with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men,

  ⁸knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

  ⁹You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

• Gospel

  ? The ordinary Gospel of this day is to be confirmed: the September 'otstupka' repeats earlier readings as chosen by the printed calendar. Check a printed calendar.

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”