October 21, 2031

Events of the day

• St Pelagia the Penitent

  Commemoration

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

  Colossians 1:1–2, 7–11

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  ¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

  ²to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  ⁷even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

  ⁸who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

  ⁹For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

  ¹⁰that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

  ¹¹strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

• Gospel

  Luke 8:1–3

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  ¹Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,

  ²and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

  ³and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer