October 24, 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

• 7th Matins Gospel

  John 20:1–10

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  ¹Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

  ²Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”

  ³Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.

  ⁴They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.

  ⁵Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn’t enter in.

  ⁶Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,

  ⁷and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.

  ⁸So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.

  ⁹For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  ¹⁰So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

• Epistle

  2 Corinthians 9:6–11

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  ⁶Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  ⁷Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

  ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

  ⁹As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.”

  ¹⁰Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

  ¹¹you being enriched in everything to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

• Gospel

  Luke 16:19–31

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  ¹⁹“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

  ²⁰A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,

  ²¹and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

  ²²The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

  ²³In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

  ²⁴He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

  ²⁵“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

  ²⁶Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’

  ²⁷“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;

  ²⁸for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

  ²⁹“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

  ³⁰“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

  ³¹“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’ ”

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)