October 20, 2027

Events of the day

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Fasting

Fast day · Wednesday / Friday

Wednesday and Friday: fast without meat, dairy or eggs. Whether fish is allowed depends on the day's feast — check the church calendar.

• Meat: not allowed
• Dairy & eggs: not allowed
• Fish: not specified
• 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

• Epistle

  Ephesians 5:25–33

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  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,

  ²⁷that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

  ²⁸Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

  ²⁹For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

  ³⁰because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

  ³¹“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

  ³²This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

  ³³Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

• Gospel

  Luke 9:44–50

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  ⁴⁴“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”

  ⁴⁵But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  ⁴⁶An argument arose among them about which of them was the greatest.

  ⁴⁷Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

  ⁴⁸and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”

  ⁴⁹John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow with us.”

  ⁵⁰Jesus said to him, “Don’t forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Trisagion