November 25, 2023

Events of the day

• St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria; St Nilus the Faster

  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

  Galatians 1:3–10

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  ³Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

  ⁴who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

  ⁵to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

  ⁶I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

  ⁷but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.

  ⁸But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.

  ⁹As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.

  ¹⁰For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

• Gospel

  Luke 9:37–43

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  ³⁷On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him.

  ³⁸Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

  ³⁹Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.

  ⁴⁰I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”

  ⁴¹Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

  ⁴²While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  ⁴³They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Prayer for the departed