October 13, 2031

Events of the day

• Hieromartyr Gregory, Enlightener of Armenia; St Michael, first Metropolitan of Kiev

  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

  Philippians 2:12–16

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  ¹²So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

  ¹³For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

  ¹⁴Do all things without complaining and arguing,

  ¹⁵that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  ¹⁶holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

• 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