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title: "January 11, 2035 — The 14,000 Holy Innocents slain by Herod in…"
description: "Thursday, January 11, 2035. 29 December (Old Style). The 14,000 Holy Innocents slain by Herod in Bethlehem; St Marcellus. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2035-01-11"
language: "en"
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Thursday

# January 11, 2035

29 December (Old Style) · 33rd week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2035-01-11) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2035-01-11)

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## Events of the day

- The 14,000 Holy Innocents slain by Herod in Bethlehem; St Marcellus

  Commemoration

- Afterfeast: Nativity of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ

## Fasting

No fast

Christmastide (25 Dec – 4 Jan Old Style) is fast-free: no fasting.

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

  Titus 1:5–2:1

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  5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

  6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

  7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

  8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,

  9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

  10 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

  11 whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

  12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”

  13 This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

  14 not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

  15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

  16 They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

  1 But say the things which fit sound doctrine,

- Gospel

  Mark 11:27–33

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  27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,

  28 and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

  29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

  30 The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”

  31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

  32 If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

  33 They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

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)