--- title: "July 17, 2020 — Holy Royal Passion-bearers Nicholas, Alexandra…" description: "Friday, July 17, 2020. 4 July (Old Style). Holy Royal Passion-bearers Nicholas, Alexandra, Alexis, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Fast day" url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-07-17" language: "en" --- Friday # July 17, 2020 4 July (Old Style) · 6th week after Pentecost Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) [Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-07-17) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-07-17) [Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-07) [← July 16](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-07-16) [July 18 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-07-18) ## Events of the day - Holy Royal Passion-bearers Nicholas, Alexandra, Alexis, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Polyeleos rank - St Andrew, Archbishop of Crete Commemoration - St Andrew (Andrei) Rublev, Iconographer Commemoration ## 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 1 Corinthians 4:5–8 **Show the text** 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God. 6 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another. 7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? 8 You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you. - Gospel Matthew 13:44–54 **Show the text** 44 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. 45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, 46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 47 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind, 48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away. 49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.” 51 Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.” 52 He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.” 53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. 54 Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works? Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible. ## Saints and icons - [St Andrei Rublev, Iconographer](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/rublev) - [The Trinity by Andrei Rublev](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/icons/trinity-andrei-rublev) - Prayer of the day: [Short penitential prayers](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/penitential-short)