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title: "October 15, 2025 — Hieromartyr Cyprian and Martyr Justina"
description: "Wednesday, October 15, 2025. 2 October (Old Style). Hieromartyr Cyprian and Martyr Justina; Blessed Andrew the Fool-for-Christ. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-10-15"
language: "en"
---

Wednesday

# October 15, 2025

2 October (Old Style) · 19th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

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## Events of the day

- Hieromartyr Cyprian and Martyr Justina; Blessed Andrew the Fool-for-Christ

  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

  Philippians 1:12–20

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  12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,

  13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,

  14 and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

  15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

  16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

  17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

  18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

  19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

- Gospel

  Luke 6:46–7:1

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  46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

  47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

  48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

  49 But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

  1 After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [The Trisagion](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/trisagion)