February 9, 2028

Events of the day

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• Leave-taking of the feast: Meeting of the Lord in the Temple

Fasting

No fast

The week after the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is fast-free, including Wednesday and Friday.

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

  2 Peter 3:1–18

• Epistle · Meeting

  Hebrews 7:7–17

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  ⁷But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

  ⁸Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

  ⁹We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

  ¹⁰for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.

  ¹¹Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

  ¹²For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

  ¹³For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

  ¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

  ¹⁵This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

  ¹⁶who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;

  ¹⁷for it is testified, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

• Gospel

  Mark 13:24–31

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  ²⁴But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

  ²⁵the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

  ²⁶Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  ²⁷Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

  ²⁸“Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

  ²⁹even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  ³⁰Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

  ³¹Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

• Gospel · Meeting

  Luke 2:22–40

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  ²²When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

  ²³(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),

  ²⁴and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”

  ²⁵Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

  ²⁶It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

  ²⁷He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

  ²⁸then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  ²⁹“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;

  ³⁰for my eyes have seen your salvation,

  ³¹which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

  ³²a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

  ³³Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

  ³⁴and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

  ³⁵Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

  ³⁶There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

  ³⁷and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

  ³⁸Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

  ³⁹When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

  ⁴⁰The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Trisagion