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Thursday, November 12, 2026 Julian: October 30 Tone 6 No fast St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria

New Calendar

Revised Julian, November 12

St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria

Six stichera

A Cypriot nobleman turned monk, St John became Patriarch of Alexandria and gave away the wealth of his Church to the poor, whom he called his masters.

Full life

Fasting: No fast
Also today: Our Father among the Saints Martin, Bishop of Tours (397); Our Holy Father Nilus the Ascetic of Sinai (430); St Nilus the Myrrh-Gusher of Mt Athos (1651)
Readings: Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5.1-8
Gospel: Luke 13.1-9

Old Calendar

Julian, October 30

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.

Full life

Fasting: No fast
Also today: 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)
Readings: Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5.1-8
Gospel: Luke 11.14-23

Word for the day

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

January 2016

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