Thursday, November 12, 2026 Julian: October 30 Tone 6 No fast St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria
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The Orthodox faith is the fullness of God’s revelation to the human race, made known in Jesus Christ, taught by his apostles, and handed down without interruption in the Orthodox Churches to this day. At its heart is the confession of the Holy Trinity (God the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit), and of the eternal Son who became man for our salvation. This faith is not only a teaching to be learned, but a life to be lived: in the Holy Scriptures read within Holy Tradition, in the Divine Liturgy and the holy Mysteries, in prayer, fasting and love of neighbor. Its goal is our union with God, the sharing of human beings in the divine life now and forever and unto ages of ages.

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Julian, October 30
Hieromartyr Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia

Hieromartyr Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia

Zenobius, a physician and bishop of Aegae in Cilicia, and his sister Zenobia confessed Christ together and were beheaded under Diocletian around 285.

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Holy Apostle Cleopas; St Joseph I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1283); Holy Martyr Hermengild, Prince of the Visigoths (486); Holy Hieromartyr John Kochurov, First Hieromartyr of the Russian Revolution (1917)
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Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5.1-8
Gospel: Luke 11.14-23
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The ringing of bells is a call to converse with God, of children with their Father—a call to appear before Him.
St John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ

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One More Year for the Fig Tree

Thursday, November 12, 2026 · Thursday of the 23rd Week after Pentecost; Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria; Saint Martin of Tours

Disasters call us not to judge others but to repent. The vine dresser asks for one more year, and the fruit he seeks is mercy, as the merciful saints show us.

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