January 20, 2030

Events of the day

• Synaxis of the Forerunner and Baptist John

  Great Feast

• Afterfeast: Holy Theophany. The Baptism of the Lord

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

• 1st Matins Gospel

  Matthew 28:16–20

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  ¹⁶But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.

  ¹⁷When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.

  ¹⁸Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

  ¹⁹Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  ²⁰teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

• Epistle · Sunday after Theophany

  Ephesians 4:7–13

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  ⁷But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

  ⁸Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”

  ⁹Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

  ¹⁰He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

  ¹¹He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

  ¹²for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

  ¹³until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

• Epistle · Forerunner

  Acts 19:1–8

• Gospel · Sunday after Theophany

  Matthew 4:12–17

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  ¹²Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

  ¹³Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

  ¹⁴that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  ¹⁵“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

  ¹⁶the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

  ¹⁷From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

• Gospel · Forerunner

  John 1:29–34

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  ²⁹The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

  ³⁰This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’

  ³¹I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”

  ³²John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

  ³³I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

  ³⁴I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Symbol of Faith (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed)