--- title: "January 12, 2023 — Martyr Anysia | Church calendar" description: "Thursday, January 12, 2023. 30 December (Old Style). Martyr Anysia; St Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow. No fast" url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-01-12" language: "en" --- Thursday # January 12, 2023 30 December (Old Style) · 31st week after Pentecost Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) [Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-01-12) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-01-12) [Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-01) [← January 11](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-01-11) [January 13 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-01-13) ## Events of the day - Martyr Anysia; St Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow Commemoration - Afterfeast: Nativity of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ ## Fasting No fast Christmastide (25 Dec – 4 Jan Old Style) is fast-free: no fasting. 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 James 1:19–27 - Gospel Mark 11:27–33 **Show the text** 27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him, 28 and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.” 31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32 If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet. 33 They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.” Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible. ## Saints and icons - Prayer of the day: [Prayer to the Holy Spirit “O Heavenly King”](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/heavenly-king)