October 4, 2027

Events of the day

• Apostle Quadratus; Finding of the relics of St Dimitry of Rostov

  Polyeleos rank

• Leave-taking of the feast: 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

  Galatians 4:28–5:10

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  ²⁸Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  ²⁹But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

  ³⁰However what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”

  ³¹So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.

  ¹Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

  ²Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

  ³Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

  ⁴You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

  ⁵For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

  ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

  ⁷You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

  ⁸This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

  ⁹A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

  ¹⁰I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

• 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