Sunday, 10 October 2027
27 September 2027 on the Old calendar
- 16th Sunday after Pentecost
- ✚Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council
- ✚Saint Ambrose, Elder of Optina, the Wonderworker († 1891)
Liturgical colour: gold
Saints of the day
- Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia, at Nicomedia, and 200 martyrs with them († 303-311)
- Martyr Theotecnus
- Venerable Theophilus
- Blessed Andrew of Totemsk, the Fool-for-Christ († 1673)
- 26 Hieromartyrs of the Zographou Monastery on Mt Athos († 1284): Abbot Thomas and the monks: Barsonuphius, Cyrill, Micah, Simon, Hillarion, James, Job, Cyprian, Sabbas, another James, Martinian, Cosmas, Sergius, Minus, Joasaph, Joannicius, Paul, Anthony, Euthemius, Dometian, Parthenius, and four laymen
- Venerable Bassian of Constantinople
- Synaxis of the 7 saints of Volyn in rememberance of the return of the Pochaev Lavra to the Orthodox in 1831: Venerable Job of Pochaev
- Saints Stephen and Amphilochius, Bishops of Volodymyr Volynsky
- Venerable Martyr Macarius, Archimandrite of Obruch
- Blessed Theodore, Prince of Ostrog
- Yaropolk, Prince of Vladimir Volynsky
- and Juliana, Princess of Olshansk
- Synaxis of the Optina Elders: Leo, Macarius, Ambrose, Moses, Anthony, Hillarion, Isaac (the first), Anatoly (the elder), Joseph, Barsonophius, Anatoly (the younger), Nectarius, Isaac (the second), and Nikon
Fasting
No fastAny food is fine.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.
Readings
- Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10
- Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
- Epistle: Hebrews 13:7-16
- Gospel: John 17:1-13
- Epistle: Galatians 5:22-6:2
- Gospel: Luke 6:17-23
- Gospel (Matins): Luke 24:12-35
- Old Testament (Vespers): Genesis 14:14-20
- Old Testament (Vespers): Deuteronomy 1:8-11, 15-17
- Old Testament (Vespers): Deuteronomy 10:14-21