November 3, 2026

Events of the day

• St Hilarion the Great

  Polyeleos rank

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

  1 Thessalonians 1:6–10

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  ⁶You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

  ⁷so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  ⁸For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

  ⁹For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

  ¹⁰and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

• Gospel

  Luke 9:23–27

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  ²³He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

  ²⁴For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, will save it.

  ²⁵For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

  ²⁶For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

  ²⁷But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.”

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer