August 6, 2027

Events of the day

• Transfiguration of the Lord

  Twelve Great Feast

  Christ reveals His divine glory to the disciples on Mount Tabor. Fish is allowed within the Dormition Fast; fruits are blessed.

Fasting

Fast day · Dormition Fast

Transfiguration: fish is allowed within the Dormition Fast.

• Meat: not allowed
• Dairy & eggs: not allowed
• Fish: allowed
• Oil: allowed
• Wine: allowed

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

• Vespers

  Exodus 24:12–18

• Vespers

  Composite reading — Exodus 33.11-23; 34.4-6, 8

• Vespers

  Composite reading — 3 [1] Kings 19.3-9, 11-13, 15, 16

• Matins Gospel

  Luke 9:28–36

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  ²⁸About eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.

  ²⁹As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.

  ³⁰Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

  ³¹who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

  ³²Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

  ³³As they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said.

  ³⁴While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

  ³⁵A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”

  ³⁶When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

• Epistle · Transfiguration

  2 Peter 1:10–19

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  ¹⁰Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

  ¹¹For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

  ¹²Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.

  ¹³I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

  ¹⁴knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

  ¹⁵Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.

  ¹⁶For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  ¹⁷For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

  ¹⁸We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  ¹⁹We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

• Epistle

  1 Corinthians 7:35–8:7

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  ³⁵This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

  ³⁶But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.

  ³⁷But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.

  ³⁸So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.

  ³⁹A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

  ⁴⁰But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

  ¹Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

  ²But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

  ³But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

  ⁴Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

  ⁵For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”;

  ⁶yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

  ⁷However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

• Gospel · Transfiguration

  Matthew 17:1–9

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  ¹After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.

  ²He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

  ³Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.

  ⁴Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

  ⁵While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

  ⁶When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

  ⁷Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”

  ⁸Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.

  ⁹As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

• Gospel

  Matthew 15:29–31

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  ²⁹Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

  ³⁰Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,

  ³¹so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Troparion of the Transfiguration