September 13, 2034

Events of the day

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• Forefeast: Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross

Fasting

Fast day · Wednesday / Friday

Wednesday and Friday: fast without meat, dairy or eggs. Whether fish is allowed depends on the day's feast — check the church calendar.

• Meat: not allowed
• Dairy & eggs: not allowed
• Fish: not specified
• 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

• Vespers

  3[1] Kings 8:22–23, 27–30

• Vespers

  Proverbs 3:19–34

• Vespers

  Proverbs 9:1–11

• Epistle

  Galatians 6:2–10

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  ²Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

  ³For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

  ⁴But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.

  ⁵For each man will bear his own burden.

  ⁶But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

  ⁷Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

  ⁸For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

  ⁹Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

  ¹⁰So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

• Epistle · Church

  Hebrews 3:1–4

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  ¹Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

  ²who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.

  ³For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.

  ⁴For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.

• Gospel

  Mark 7:14–24

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  ¹⁴He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

  ¹⁵There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

  ¹⁶If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

  ¹⁷When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

  ¹⁸He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

  ¹⁹because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”

  ²⁰He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

  ²¹For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

  ²²covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

  ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”

  ²⁴From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

• Gospel · Church

  Matthew 16:13–18

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

Saints and icons

• Prayer of the day: The Trisagion