October 10, 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

• 5th Matins Gospel

  Luke 24:12–35

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  ¹²But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.

  ¹³Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.

  ¹⁴They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.

  ¹⁵While they talked and questioned together, Jesus himself came near, and went with them.

  ¹⁶But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

  ¹⁷He said to them, “What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?”

  ¹⁸One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?”

  ¹⁹He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

  ²⁰and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  ²¹But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

  ²²Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;

  ²³and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

  ²⁴Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him.”

  ²⁵He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

  ²⁶Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”

  ²⁷Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

  ²⁸They came near to the village where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.

  ²⁹They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

  ³⁰When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them.

  ³¹Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, then he vanished out of their sight.

  ³²They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”

  ³³They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,

  ³⁴saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”

  ³⁵They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

• Epistle

  2 Corinthians 6:1–10

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  ¹Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

  ²for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

  ³We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

  ⁴but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

  ⁵in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

  ⁶in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

  ⁷in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

  ⁸by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

  ⁹as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

  ¹⁰as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

• Gospel

  Luke 7:11–16

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  ¹¹Soon afterwards, he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.

  ¹²Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

  ¹³When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, “Don’t cry.”

  ¹⁴He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”

  ¹⁵He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.

  ¹⁶Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Symbol of Faith (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed)