Friday, June 28, 2030
Synaxis of the Three Hands Icon of the Theotokos
On Friday, June 28, 2030, Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar remember Synaxis of the Three Hands Icon of the Theotokos; Translation of the Relics of Venerable Cyrus and John; and Sergius and Herman of Valaam. It is a strict fast day. On the Old Calendar the same day remembers St Amos and St Jonah of Moscow. It is a strict fast day.
New Calendar
Synaxis of the Three Hands Icon of the Theotokos
Also commemorated
- Translation of the Relics of Venerable Cyrus and John
- Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam
- Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands"
- Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)
This day is a strict fast, no meat, dairy, fish, wine, or oil.
Old Calendar
Commemorated today
- Prophet Amos
- St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow
- Holy Martyr Vitus, with Modestus and Crescentia (303)
- Blessed Augustine, bishop of Hippo (430), and his mother Monica (387)
- Holy Martyr Lazar, Prince of Serbia (1389)
This day is a strict fast, no meat, dairy, fish, wine, or oil.
The saints of the day
On the New Calendar
- Tone 8 of the Octoechos
- 1st Week after Pentecost
The day’s readings
EpistleRomans 5.17-6.2
5:17For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. 18So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. 19For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous. 20The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly, 21that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6:1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
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GospelMatthew 9.14-17
9:14Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?” 15Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 17Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
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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 Friday, June 28, 2030?
- On the New Calendar, Synaxis of the Three Hands Icon of the Theotokos; Translation of the Relics of Venerable Cyrus and John; and Sergius and Herman of Valaam.
- On the Old Calendar, St Amos and St Jonah of Moscow.
Is Friday, June 28, 2030 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 Friday, June 28, 2030?
On both calendars:
At the Liturgy, the Epistle is Romans 5.17-6.2 and the Gospel is Matthew 9.14-17.