---
title: "October 25, 2024 — Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus"
description: "Friday, October 25, 2024. 12 October (Old Style). Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus; St Cosmas of Maiuma. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-10-25"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# October 25, 2024

12 October (Old Style) · 18th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-10-25) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2024-10-25)

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## Events of the day

- Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus; St Cosmas of Maiuma

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Wednesday / Friday

Wednesday and Friday: fast without meat, dairy or eggs. Whether fish is allowed depends on the day's feast — check the church calendar.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: not specified
- Oil: allowed
- Wine: allowed

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

  Ephesians 6:18–24

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  18 with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

  19 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

  20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

  21 But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things.

  22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts.

  23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

- Gospel

  Luke 9:12–18

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  12 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.”

  13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”

  14 For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

  15 They did so, and made them all sit down.

  16 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

  17 They ate and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

  18 As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Short penitential prayers](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/penitential-short)