Wednesday, 8 November 2028
26 October 2028 on the Old calendar
- ✚Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica († c. 306)
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople in 740 AD
- Martyr Lupus, the slave of St Demetrius of Thessalonica († c. 306)
- Venerable Athanasius of Medicia
- Venerable Theophilus of the Kiev Caves, Archbishop of Novgorod († 1482)
- Saint Dimitri of Basarbov of Bulgaria († 1685)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.
Readings
- Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
- Gospel: Luke 11:9-13
- Epistle: 2 Timothy 2:1-10
- Gospel: John 15:17-16:2
- Epistle: Hebrews 12:6-13, 25-27
- Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27
- Gospel (Matins): Matthew 10:16-22
- Old Testament (Vespers): Isaiah 63:15-64:5, 8-9
- Old Testament (Vespers): Jeremiah 2:2-12
- Old Testament (Vespers): Wisdom 4:7-15