October 4, 2030

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

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

  Ephesians 1:7–17

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  ⁷in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

  ⁸which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  ⁹making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

  ¹⁰to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.

  ¹¹We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

  ¹²to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

  ¹³In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

  ¹⁴who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

  ¹⁵For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

  ¹⁶don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

  ¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

• Gospel

  Luke 4:22–30

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  ²²All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

  ²³He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’ ”

  ²⁴He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

  ²⁵But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

  ²⁶Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

  ²⁷There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian.”

  ²⁸They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.

  ²⁹They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

  ³⁰But he, passing through the middle of them, went his way.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Short penitential prayers