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title: "October 17, 2020 — Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens"
description: "Saturday, October 17, 2020. 4 October (Old Style). Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens; Finding of the relics of Sts Gurias of Kazan and Barsanuphius of Tver. No…"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-10-17"
language: "en"
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Saturday

# October 17, 2020

4 October (Old Style) · 19th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-10-17) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-10-17)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-10)

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## Events of the day

- Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens; Finding of the relics of Sts Gurias of Kazan and Barsanuphius of Tver

  Commemoration

## 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

- Epistle

  1 Corinthians 15:58–16:3

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  58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

  1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.

  2 On the first day of every week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.

  3 When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.

- Gospel

  Luke 5:17–26

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  17 On one of those days, he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

  18 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

  19 Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.

  20 Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

  21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

  22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

  23 Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’

  24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (he said to the paralyzed man), “I tell you, arise, take up your cot, and go to your house.”

  25 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.

  26 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Prayer for the departed](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/departed)