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title: "September 21, 2023 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Thursday, September 21, 2023. 21 September (Revised Julian). No fast. The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on…"
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Thursday

# September 21, 2023

21 September (Revised Julian) · 16th week after Pentecost

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-09-21) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-09-21)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-09)

[← September 20](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-09-20) [September 22 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-09-22)

## Events of the day

No commemorations in the content package for this day yet

- Leave-taking of the feast: Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross

## 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

  Ephesians 1:1–9

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  1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

  2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

  4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

  5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

  6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,

  7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

  8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

- Gospel

  Luke 4:16–22

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  16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

  17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

  18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

  19 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

  20 He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

  21 He began to tell them, “Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

  22 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, New Calendar (OCA practice). 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)