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title: "October 28, 2028 — St Demetrius Memorial Saturday"
description: "Saturday, October 28, 2028. 15 October (Old Style). St Demetrius Memorial Saturday. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10-28"
language: "en"
---

Saturday

# October 28, 2028

15 October (Old Style) · 21st week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10-28) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2028-10-28)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10)

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## Events of the day

- St Demetrius Memorial Saturday

  Commemoration

  The Saturday before the feast of Great-martyr Demetrius (26 October Old Style); moved a week earlier if it coincides with the Kazan icon feast.

- St Euthymius the New; Hieromartyr Lucian of Antioch

  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

  2 Corinthians 3:12–18

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  12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

  13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

  14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

  15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.

  16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

  17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

  18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

- Gospel

  Luke 6:1–10

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  1 Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

  2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

  3 Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;

  4 how he entered into God’s house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?”

  5 He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

  6 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

  7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

  8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood.

  9 Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”

  10 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

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)