November 17, 2027

Events of the day

• St Joannicius the Great

  Commemoration

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

  Colossians 3:17–4:1

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  ¹⁷Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

  ¹⁸Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  ¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

  ²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

  ²¹Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

  ²²Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

  ²³And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

  ²⁴knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

  ²⁵But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

  ¹Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

• Gospel

  Luke 11:42–46

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  ⁴²But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

  ⁴³Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

  ⁴⁴Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”

  ⁴⁵One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”

  ⁴⁶He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Trisagion