October 9, 2033

Events of the day

• Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

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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

• Vespers

  1 John 3:21–4:6

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  ²¹Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

  ²²so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

  ²³This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

  ²⁴He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  ¹Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

  ²By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

  ³and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

  ⁴You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

  ⁵They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

  ⁶We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

• Vespers

  1 John 4:11–16

• Vespers

  1 John 4:20–5:5

• 6th Matins Gospel

  Luke 24:36–53

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  ³⁶As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

  ³⁷But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

  ³⁸He said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?

  ³⁹See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”

  ⁴⁰When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

  ⁴¹While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

  ⁴²They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.

  ⁴³He took them, and ate in front of them.

  ⁴⁴He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”

  ⁴⁵Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

  ⁴⁶He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

  ⁴⁷and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

  ⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things.

  ⁴⁹Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

  ⁵⁰He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

  ⁵¹While he blessed them, he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.

  ⁵²They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

  ⁵³and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

• Epistle

  2 Corinthians 6:16–7:1

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  ¹⁶What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

  ¹⁷Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

  ¹⁸I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

  ¹Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

• Epistle · St John

  1 John 4:12–19

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  ¹²No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

  ¹³By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

  ¹⁴We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

  ¹⁵Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

  ¹⁶We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

  ¹⁷In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.

  ¹⁸There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

  ¹⁹We love him, because he first loved us.

• Gospel

  Luke 5:1–11

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  ¹Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

  ²He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

  ³He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

  ⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.”

  ⁵Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”

  ⁶When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

  ⁷They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

  ⁸But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

  ⁹For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

  ¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

  ¹¹When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

• Gospel · St John

  John 19:25–27, 21:24–25

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)