October 13, 2026

Events of the day

• Hieromartyr Gregory, Enlightener of Armenia; St Michael, first Metropolitan of Kiev

  Polyeleos rank

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

  Philippians 2:16–23

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  ¹⁶holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

  ¹⁷Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

  ¹⁸In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

  ¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.

  ²⁰For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

  ²¹For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

  ²²But you know the proof of him, that as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

  ²³Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

• Gospel

  Luke 5:12–16

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  ¹²While he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

  ¹³He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.

  ¹⁴He commanded him to tell no one, “But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

  ¹⁵But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

  ¹⁶But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Jesus Prayer