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title: "November 6, 2023 — Martyr Arethas and the 4,299 with him"
description: "Monday, November 6, 2023. 24 October (Old Style). Martyr Arethas and the 4,299 with him; Icon of the Theotokos “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-06"
language: "en"
---

Monday

# November 6, 2023

24 October (Old Style) · 23rd week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-06) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-11-06)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11)

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## Events of the day

- Martyr Arethas and the 4,299 with him; Icon of the Theotokos “Joy of All Who Sorrow”

  Polyeleos rank

## 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 Thessalonians 1:1–5

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  1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,

  3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

  4 We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

  5 and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

- Gospel

  Luke 10:22–24

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  22 Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

  23 Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,

  24 for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Morning prayer of St Macarius the Great](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/morning-macarius)