October 5, 2023

Events of the day

• Hieromartyr Phocas of Sinope; Prophet Jonah

  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

• Gospel

  Luke 4:16–22

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  ¹⁶He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

  ¹⁷The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

  ¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

  ¹⁹and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

  ²⁰He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

  ²¹He began to tell them, “Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

  ²²All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

• Epistle

  Ephesians 5:33–6:9

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  ³³Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

  ¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  ²“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

  ³“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

  ⁴You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  ⁵Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,

  ⁶not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

  ⁷with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men,

  ⁸knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

  ⁹You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

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”