September 10, 2026

Events of the day

• St Moses the Ethiopian; Finding of the relics of St Job of Pochaev

  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

• Vespers

  Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9

• Vespers

  Wisdom of Solomon 5:15–6:3

• Vespers

  Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15

• Matins Gospel

  Matthew 11:27–30

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  ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

  ²⁸“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

  ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

  ³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

• Epistle

  Galatians 3:23–4:5

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  ²³But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

  ²⁴So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

  ²⁵But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

  ²⁶For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

  ²⁷For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

  ²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

  ²⁹If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

  ¹But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,

  ²but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.

  ³So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

  ⁴But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

  ⁵that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

• Epistle · St Job

  Galatians 5:22–6:2

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  ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

  ²³gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

  ²⁴Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

  ²⁵If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

  ²⁶Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

  ¹Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

  ²Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

• Gospel

  Mark 6:30–45

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  ³⁰The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

  ³¹He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

  ³²They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

  ³³They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.

  ³⁴Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

  ³⁵When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, “This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

  ³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”

  ³⁷But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?”

  ³⁸He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go see.” When they knew, they said, “Five, and two fish.”

  ³⁹He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

  ⁴⁰They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

  ⁴¹He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.

  ⁴²They all ate, and were filled.

  ⁴³They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.

  ⁴⁴Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

  ⁴⁵Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.

• Gospel · St Job

  Luke 6:17–23

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  ¹⁷He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;

  ¹⁸as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.

  ¹⁹All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.

  ²⁰He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.

  ²¹Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

  ²²Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

  ²³Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: Prayer to the Holy Spirit “O Heavenly King”