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title: "December 5, 2026 — Apostle Philemon and those with him"
description: "Saturday, December 5, 2026. 22 November (Old Style). Apostle Philemon and those with him; Right-believing Great Prince Michael of Tver. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12-05"
language: "en"
---

Saturday

# December 5, 2026

22 November (Old Style) · 27th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12-05) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-12-05)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-12)

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## Events of the day

- Apostle Philemon and those with him; Right-believing Great Prince Michael of Tver

  Commemoration

- Afterfeast: Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

## Fasting

Fast day · Nativity Fast

Nativity Fast, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: fish is allowed.

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

By the Typikon (ch. 33) Tuesday and Thursday of the Apostles' and Nativity Fasts call for oil and wine only, fish only for a saint with a polyeleos; lay practice per the ROC calendar allows fish.

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

  Galatians 5:22–6:2

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

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

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

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

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

  1 Brothers, 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.

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

- Gospel

  Luke 9:57–62

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  57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”

  58 Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

  59 He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

  60 But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”

  61 Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”

  62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

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)