February 19, 2027

Events of the day

• St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna; St Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople

  Commemoration

• Afterfeast: Meeting of the Lord in the Temple

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 Peter 1:1–10

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  ¹Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

  ²Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

  ³seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

  ⁴by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

  ⁵Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

  ⁶and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

  ⁷and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

  ⁸For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  ⁹For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

  ¹⁰Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

• Gospel

  Mark 13:1–8

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  ¹As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!”

  ²Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”

  ³As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

  ⁴“Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?”

  ⁵Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

  ⁶For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and will lead many astray.

  ⁷“When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

  ⁸For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Short penitential prayers