September 5, 2026

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

  1 Corinthians 4:1–5

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  ¹So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

  ²Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

  ³But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment. Yes, I don’t judge my own self.

  ⁴For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

  ⁵Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

• Gospel

  Matthew 23:1–12

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  ¹Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

  ²saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.

  ³All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.

  ⁴For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

  ⁵But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

  ⁶and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

  ⁷the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.

  ⁸But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

  ⁹Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

  ¹⁰Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.

  ¹¹But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

  ¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Prayer for the departed