October 5, 2026

Events of the day

• Hieromartyr Phocas of Sinope; Prophet Jonah

  Commemoration

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

  Philippians 1:1–7

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  ¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

  ²Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  ³I thank my God whenever I remember you,

  ⁴always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,

  ⁵for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;

  ⁶being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

  ⁷It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

• Gospel

  Luke 3:19–22

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  ¹⁹but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

  ²⁰added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

  ²¹Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

  ²²and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Morning prayer of St Macarius the Great