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24th Sunday after Pentecost

Tone 7 · New Calendar November 15 · Old Calendar November 2

Old Calendar

Julian, November 2
24th Sunday after Pentecost

24th Sunday after Pentecost

Persian Christians at the court of Shapur II who confessed Christ in the fourth-century persecution and, with thousands of converts, died by fire and sword.

Full life
Fasting
No fast
Also today
Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus, and Anempodistus of Persia
Readings
Vespers (Unmercenaries): Isaiah 43.9-14
Vespers (Unmercenaries): Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9
Vespers (Unmercenaries): Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3
2nd Matins Gospel: Mark 16.1-8
Epistle: Ephesians 2.14-22
Epistle (Unmercenaries): 1 Corinthians 12.27-13.8
Gospel: Luke 8.26-39
Gospel (Unmercenaries): Matthew 10.1, 5-8
Word for the day
We preachers have only to assist the action of God upon the hearts of men, to seize their inclination for repentance and to strengthen it.
St John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ