September 17, 2026

Events of the day

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• Afterfeast: 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

• 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

  Mark 7:24–30

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  ²⁴From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

  ²⁵For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

  ²⁶Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

  ²⁷But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

  ²⁸But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

  ²⁹He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

  ³⁰She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

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”