Tuesday
September 26, 2034
13 September (Old Style) · 18th week after Pentecost
Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)
Events of the day
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Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem; Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion
Commemoration
- Forefeast: Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross
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
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Vespers
3[1] Kings 8:22–23, 27–30
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Vespers
Proverbs 3:19–34
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Vespers
Proverbs 9:1–11
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Epistle · Church
Hebrews 3:1–4
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1Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,
2who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.
3For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.
4For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.
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Epistle
Ephesians 5:20–26
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20giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
21subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
24But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
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Gospel
The ordinary Gospel of this day is to be confirmed: the September 'otstupka' repeats earlier readings as chosen by the printed calendar. Check a printed calendar.
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Gospel · Church
Matthew 16:13–18
Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.
Saints and icons
- Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer