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title: "December 16, 2029 — Prophet Zephaniah | Church calendar"
description: "Sunday, December 16, 2029. 3 December (Old Style). Prophet Zephaniah; St Sabbas of Storozhi, Zvenigorod. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2029-12-16"
language: "en"
---

Sunday

# December 16, 2029

3 December (Old Style) · 29th Sunday after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2029-12-16) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2029-12-16)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2029-12)

[← December 15](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2029-12-15) [December 17 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2029-12-17)

## Events of the day

- Prophet Zephaniah; St Sabbas of Storozhi, Zvenigorod

  Polyeleos rank

## 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

- 7th Matins Gospel

  John 20:1–10

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  1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

  2 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”

  3 Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.

  4 They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.

  5 Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn’t enter in.

  6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,

  7 and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.

  8 So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.

  9 For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

- Epistle

  1 Timothy 1:15–17

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  15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

  16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

  17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

- Gospel

  Luke 18:18–27

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  18 A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

  19 Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.

  20 You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

  21 He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”

  22 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

  23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

  24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

  25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”

  26 Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

  27 But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [The Symbol of Faith (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/creed)