Friday November 13, 2026 / October 31, 2026
24th Week after Pentecost. Tone six.
Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)1Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, and Aristobulus of the Seventy (1st c.).
Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium, who suffered at Alexandria (250).
New Hieromartyr Priest John Kochurov of Chicago and St. Petersburg (1917).
New Hieromartyr Leonid (1918).
New Hieromartyrs Vsevolod, Alexander, Sergius, Alexis, Basil, Peter, Basil priests, Hieromartyrs Anatolius, Euphrosynus and Martyr James (1937).
New Hieromartyr Innocent (1938).
Venerables Spyridon and Nicodemus the Prosphorabakers of the Kiev Caves (1148).
Venerable Maura of Constantinople (436).
Venerable Anatolius, recluse of the Kiev Caves (12th c.).
New Martyr Nicholas the New of Chios (1754) (Greek).
Venerable Foillan, Irish monk-martyr (655) (Neth.).
Martyr Quentin of Rome (3rd-4th c.).
St. James, bishop of Mygdonia (4th. c.).
Commemoration of the Martyrs of Tbilisi slain under Jelaluddin (1227) (Georgia).
Martyr Epimachus the Roman and his companion Gordian (361-363) (Greek).
Martyrs Stephen, Barnabas, Trophimus, Dorymedon, Cosmas, Damian, Sabbas, Bassa, Abraham, and others with them (Greek).
Martyrs Seleucius and Stratonica his wife, myrr-gushers (Greek).
The Scripture Readings
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For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
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Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
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And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
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and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
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He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
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Brethren, pray for us.
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Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
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I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Luke 11:23-26
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He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
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When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
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And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
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Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.