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title: "October 12, 2024 — St Cyriacus the Hermit | Church calendar"
description: "Saturday, October 12, 2024. 29 September (Old Style). St Cyriacus the Hermit. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-10-12"
language: "en"
---

Saturday

# October 12, 2024

29 September (Old Style) · 16th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-10-12) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2024-10-12)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-10)

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## Events of the day

- St Cyriacus the Hermit

  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 Corinthians 10:23–28

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  23 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

  24 Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

  25 Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,

  26 for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”

  27 But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

  28 But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, with all its fullness.”

- Gospel

  Luke 5:17–26

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  17 On one of those days, he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

  18 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

  19 Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.

  20 Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

  21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

  22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

  23 Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’

  24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (he said to the paralyzed man), “I tell you, arise, take up your cot, and go to your house.”

  25 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.

  26 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

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)