September 26, 2029

Events of the day

• Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem; Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion

  Commemoration

• Forefeast: Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross

Fasting

Fast day · Wednesday / Friday

Wednesday and Friday: fast without meat, dairy or eggs. Whether fish is allowed depends on the day's feast — check the church calendar.

• Meat: not allowed
• Dairy & eggs: not allowed
• Fish: not specified
• Oil: allowed
• Wine: allowed

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

  3[1] Kings 8:22–23, 27–30

• Vespers

  Proverbs 3:19–34

• Vespers

  Proverbs 9:1–11

• Epistle

  Ephesians 5:25–33

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  ²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

  ²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

  ²⁷that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

  ²⁸Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

  ²⁹For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

  ³⁰because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

  ³¹“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

  ³²This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

  ³³Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

• Epistle · Church

  Hebrews 3:1–4

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  ¹Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

  ²who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.

  ³For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.

  ⁴For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.

• Gospel

  ? The ordinary Gospel of this day is to be confirmed: the September 'otstupka' repeats earlier readings as chosen by the printed calendar. Check a printed calendar.

• Gospel · Church

  Matthew 16:13–18

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Trisagion