October 19, 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

• Gospel

  Luke 9:23–27

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  ²³He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

  ²⁴For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, will save it.

  ²⁵For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

  ²⁶For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

  ²⁷But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.”

• Epistle

  Ephesians 5:20–26

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  ²⁰giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

  ²¹subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

  ²²Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

  ²³For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

  ²⁴But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

  ²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

  ²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer