October 3, 2023

Events of the day

• Great-martyr Eustathius Placidas; Martyrs Prince Michael of Chernigov and his boyar Theodore

  Polyeleos rank

• Afterfeast: Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross

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

• Gospel

  Luke 3:23–4:1

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  ²³Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

  ²⁴the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

  ²⁵the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

  ²⁶the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,

  ²⁷the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

  ²⁸the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,

  ²⁹the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

  ³⁰the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,

  ³¹the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

  ³²the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

  ³³the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

  ³⁴the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

  ³⁵the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

  ³⁶the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

  ³⁷the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

  ³⁸the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

  ¹Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

• Epistle

  Ephesians 5:20–26

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  ²⁰giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

  ²¹subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

  ²²Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

  ²³For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

  ²⁴But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

  ²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

  ²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer