---
title: "January 20, 2033 — Synaxis of the Forerunner and Baptist John"
description: "Thursday, January 20, 2033. 7 January (Old Style). Synaxis of the Forerunner and Baptist John. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2033-01-20"
language: "en"
---

Thursday

# January 20, 2033

7 January (Old Style) · 31st week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2033-01-20) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2033-01-20)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2033-01)

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## Events of the day

- Synaxis of the Forerunner and Baptist John

  Great Feast

- Afterfeast: Holy Theophany. The Baptism of the Lord

## 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 · Forerunner

  Acts 19:1–8

- Epistle

  James 1:19–27

- Gospel · Forerunner

  John 1:29–34

  **Show the text**

  29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

  30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’

  31 I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”

  32 John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

  33 I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

  34 I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

- Gospel

  Mark 9:10–16

  **Show the text**

  10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

  11 They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

  12 He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

  13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”

  14 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.

  15 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him.

  16 He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Prayer to the Holy Spirit “O Heavenly King”](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/heavenly-king)