---
title: "November 7, 2023 — Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius"
description: "Tuesday, November 7, 2023. 25 October (Old Style). Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-07"
language: "en"
---

Tuesday

# November 7, 2023

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

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-07) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-11-07)

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

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## Events of the day

- Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius

  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 Thessalonians 1:6–10

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  6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

  7 so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  8 For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

  9 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

  10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

- Gospel

  Luke 11:1–10

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  1 When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

  2 He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

  3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

  4 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ ”

  5 He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

  6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’

  7 and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?

  8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

  9 “I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

  10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [The Jesus Prayer](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/jesus-prayer)