July 23, 2030

Events of the day

• Deposition of the Robe of the Lord in Moscow; St Anthony of the Kiev Caves

  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

• Vespers

  Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9

• Vespers

  Wisdom of Solomon 5:15–6:3

• Vespers

  Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15

• Matins Gospel

  Matthew 11:27–30

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  ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

  ²⁸“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

  ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

  ³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

• Epistle

  1 Corinthians 1:1–9

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  ¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

  ²to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

  ³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  ⁴I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

  ⁵that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

  ⁶even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

  ⁷so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  ⁸who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  ⁹God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

• Epistle · St Anthony

  Galatians 5:22–6:2

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  ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

  ²³gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

  ²⁴Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

  ²⁵If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

  ²⁶Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

  ¹Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

  ²Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

• Gospel

  Matthew 13:24–30

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  ²⁴He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

  ²⁵but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

  ²⁶But when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

  ²⁷The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’

  ²⁸“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

  ²⁹“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

  ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

• Gospel · St Anthony

  Matthew 4:25–5:12

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer