January 8, 2034

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• Afterfeast: Holy Theophany. The Baptism of the Lord

Fasting

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No fast today.

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Readings of the day

• 8th Matins Gospel

  John 20:11–18

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  ¹¹But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,

  ¹²and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

  ¹³They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”

  ¹⁴When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.

  ¹⁵Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

  ¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

  ¹⁷Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

  ¹⁸Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

• Epistle · Sunday after Theophany

  Ephesians 4:7–13

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  ⁷But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

  ⁸Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”

  ⁹Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

  ¹⁰He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

  ¹¹He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

  ¹²for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

  ¹³until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

• Gospel · Sunday after Theophany

  Matthew 4:12–17

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  ¹²Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

  ¹³Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

  ¹⁴that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  ¹⁵“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

  ¹⁶the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

  ¹⁷From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

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)