October 7, 2027

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 7:17–30

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  ¹⁷This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.

  ¹⁸The disciples of John told him about all these things.

  ¹⁹John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?”

  ²⁰When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’ ”

  ²¹In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.

  ²²Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

  ²³Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

  ²⁴When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  ²⁵But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

  ²⁶But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

  ²⁷This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

  ²⁸“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”

  ²⁹When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.

  ³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

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”