---
title: "November 25, 2023 — St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria"
description: "Saturday, November 25, 2023. 12 November (Old Style). St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria; St Nilus the Faster. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-25"
language: "en"
---

Saturday

# November 25, 2023

12 November (Old Style) · 25th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-25) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-11-25)

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

[← November 24](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-24) [November 26 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-11-26)

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

  4 who 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—

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

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

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

  8 But 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.

  9 As 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.

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

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

  39 Behold, 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.

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

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

  42 While 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.

  43 They 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](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/departed)