Wednesday, August 27, 2025
The Orthodox liturgical day, its saint, its tone, and its fast.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar remember St Poemen the Great and St Phanurius the Newly Appeared of Rhodes. It is a strict fast day. On the Old Calendar the same day remembers St Micah and St Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves. It is a strict fast day.
New Calendar
This day is a strict fast, no meat, dairy, fish, wine, or oil.
Old Calendar
Commemorated today
This day is a strict fast, no meat, dairy, fish, wine, or oil.
The saints of the day
On the New Calendar
On the Old Calendar
- Tone 2 of the Octoechos
- 11th Week after Pentecost
The day’s readings
Epistle2 Corinthians 6.11-16
6:11Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged. 12You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. 13Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your hearts. 14Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever? 16What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
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GospelMark 1.23-28
1:23Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 24saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!” 25Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 27They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What can this new doctrine be? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!” 28The report of him went out immediately into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.
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The order and appointment of the readings follow the Orthodox lectionary. Come to the Liturgy to hear them proclaimed.
Questions
What does the Orthodox Church remember on Wednesday, August 27, 2025?
- On the New Calendar, St Poemen the Great and St Phanurius the Newly Appeared of Rhodes.
- On the Old Calendar, St Micah and St Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves.
Is Wednesday, August 27, 2025 a fast day in the Orthodox Church?
Yes.
- On the New Calendar it is a strict fast day.
- On the Old Calendar it is a strict fast day.
What are the Orthodox readings for Wednesday, August 27, 2025?
On both calendars:
At the Liturgy, the Epistle is 2 Corinthians 6.11-16 and the Gospel is Mark 1.23-28.