New Calendar
Revised Julian, October 9- Fasting
- Fasting day; fish, wine and oil allowed
- Also today
- Saints Andronicus and Athanasia (5th c.); Holy and Righteous Abraham and Lot; St Stephen the Blind, Prince of Serbia (1476); Holy Hieromartyr Denis (Dionysius), first Bishop of Paris (ca. 258); Repose of St Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Confessor (1925)
- Readings
- Vespers: Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9
Vespers: Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3
Vespers: Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15
Matins Gospel: John 10.1-9
Epistle: Philippians 1.27-2.4
Epistle (St Tikhon): Hebrews 7.26-8.2
Gospel: Luke 7.31-35
Gospel (St Tikhon): John 10.9-16