October 18, 2027

Events of the day

• Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Moscow: Peter, Alexis, Jonah, Macarius, Philip, Job, Hermogenes, Tikhon and others

  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

  Ephesians 4:25–32

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  ²⁵Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

  ²⁶“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

  ²⁷and don’t give place to the devil.

  ²⁸Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

  ²⁹Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

  ³⁰Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

  ³¹Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

  ³²And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

• Gospel

  Luke 6:24–30

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  ²⁴“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

  ²⁵Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

  ²⁶Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

  ²⁷“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  ²⁸bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

  ²⁹To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don’t withhold your coat also.

  ³⁰Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

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