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title: "October 17, 2028 — Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens"
description: "Tuesday, October 17, 2028. 4 October (Old Style). Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens; Finding of the relics of Sts Gurias of Kazan and Barsanuphius of Tver. No…"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10-17"
language: "en"
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Tuesday

# October 17, 2028

4 October (Old Style) · 20th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10-17) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2028-10-17)

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## Events of the day

- Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens; Finding of the relics of Sts Gurias of Kazan and Barsanuphius of Tver

  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

- Epistle

  Philippians 2:16–23

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  16 holding 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.

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

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

  19 But 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.

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

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

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

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

- Gospel

  Luke 6:37–45

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  37 Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

  38 “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

  39 He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

  41 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

  42 Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye.

  43 For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

  44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

  45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [The Jesus Prayer](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/jesus-prayer)