October 10, 2024

Events of the day

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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

  Ephesians 1:1–9

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  ¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

  ²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

  ⁴even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

  ⁵having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

  ⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,

  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

• Gospel

  Luke 9:7–11

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  ⁷Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

  ⁸and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

  ⁹Herod said, “I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him.

  ¹⁰The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida.

  ¹¹But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of God’s Kingdom, and he cured those who needed healing.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, New Calendar (OCA practice). Text: World English Bible.

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Prayer to the Holy Spirit “O Heavenly King”