Tuesday, December 12, 2028

The Orthodox liturgical day, its saint, its tone, and its fast.

On Tuesday, December 12, 2028, Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar remember St Spyridon the Wonderworker; St Herman of Alaska; and St Finian of Clonard. It is a fast day, with wine and oil. On the Old Calendar the same day remembers Paramon and Companions; and St Pitirim of Egypt. It is a fast day, with wine and oil.

New Calendar

St Spyridon the WonderworkerShepherd-bishop of Cyprus, wonderworker · 4th c.

This day is a fast day, but wine and oil are permitted, no meat, dairy, or fish.

Old Calendar

This day is a fast day, but wine and oil are permitted, no meat, dairy, or fish.

The saints of the day

Name days on the New Calendar: Herman, Spyridon

  • Tone 2 of the Octoechos
  • 27th Week after Pentecost

Readings, New Calendar

Epistle2 Timothy 3.16-4.4

3:16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 4:1I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: 2preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. 3For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts, 4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

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GospelMark 8.22-26

8:22He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. 23He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. 24He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.” 25Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly. 26He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”

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The order and appointment of the readings follow the Orthodox lectionary. Come to the Liturgy to hear them proclaimed.

Readings, Old Calendar

Epistle2 Timothy 3.16-4.4

3:16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 4:1I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: 2preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. 3For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts, 4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

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GospelLuke 19.45-48

19:45He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” 47He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. 48They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

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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 Tuesday, December 12, 2028?

  • On the New Calendar, St Spyridon the Wonderworker; St Herman of Alaska; and St Finian of Clonard.
  • On the Old Calendar, Paramon and Companions; and St Pitirim of Egypt.

Is Tuesday, December 12, 2028 a fast day in the Orthodox Church?

Yes.

  • On the New Calendar it is a fast day, with wine and oil.
  • On the Old Calendar it is a fast day, with wine and oil.

What are the Orthodox readings for Tuesday, December 12, 2028?

On the New Calendar:

At the Liturgy, the Epistle is 2 Timothy 3.16-4.4 and the Gospel is Mark 8.22-26.

On the Old Calendar:

At the Liturgy, the Epistle is 2 Timothy 3.16-4.4 and the Gospel is Luke 19.45-48.

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