---
title: "August 23, 2031 — Martyr Archdeacon Laurence"
description: "Saturday, August 23, 2031. 10 August (Old Style). Martyr Archdeacon Laurence. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-08-23"
language: "en"
---

Saturday

# August 23, 2031

10 August (Old Style) · 12th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-08-23) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2031-08-23)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-08)

[← August 22](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-08-22) [August 24 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-08-24)

## Events of the day

- Martyr Archdeacon Laurence

  Commemoration

- Afterfeast: Transfiguration of the Lord

## Fasting

Fast day · Dormition Fast

Dormition Fast, Saturday and Sunday: food with oil and wine.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: not allowed
- 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

- Epistle

  1 Corinthians 1:26–29

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  26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

  27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

  28 God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

  29 that no flesh should boast before God.

- Gospel

  Matthew 20:29–34

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  29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

  30 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

  31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

  32 Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

  33 They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

  34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

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)