--- title: "March 12, 2030 — St Procopius the Decapolite, Confessor" description: "Tuesday, March 12, 2030. 27 February (Old Style). St Procopius the Decapolite, Confessor. Fast day" url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-03-12" language: "en" --- Tuesday # March 12, 2030 27 February (Old Style) · 1st week of Great Lent Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) [Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-03-12) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2030-03-12) [Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-03) [← March 11](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-03-11) [March 13 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-03-13) ## Events of the day - St Procopius the Decapolite, Confessor Commemoration ## Fasting Fast day · Great Lent Great Lent, Tuesday and Thursday: cooked food without oil. - Meat: not allowed - Dairy & eggs: not allowed - Fish: not allowed - Oil: not allowed - Wine: not allowed The first week of Great Lent is kept with particular strictness; agree your measure with a priest. 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 - 6th Hour Isaiah 1:19–2:3 - Vespers Genesis 1:14–23 - Vespers Proverbs 1:20–33 - Vespers · St Raphael Composite reading — Proverbs 10, 3, 8 - Vespers · St Raphael Proverbs 10:31–11:12 - Vespers · St Raphael Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15 - Matins Gospel · St Raphael John 10:1–9 **Show the text** 1 “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. 4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them. 7 Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture. - Epistle · St Raphael Hebrews 13:17–21 **Show the text** 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you. 18 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things. 19 I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner. 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. - Gospel · St Raphael John 10:9–16 **Show the text** 9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture. 10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own; 15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd. Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible. ## Saints and icons - Prayer of the day: [Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/ephrem)