Saturday, November 15, 2031
Beginning of the Nativity Fast
On Saturday, November 15, 2031, Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar remember Beginning of the Nativity Fast and St Paisius Velichkovsky. It is a fast day, with fish, wine and oil. On the Old Calendar the same day remembers Acindynus of Persia and Others. It is not a fast day.
New Calendar
Beginning of the Nativity Fast
Also commemorated
This day is a fast day, but fish, wine, and oil are permitted; no meat or dairy.
Old Calendar
Commemorated today
This day is not a fast day, all foods are permitted.
The saints of the day
On the New Calendar
On the Old Calendar
- Tone 6 of the Octoechos
- 23rd Week after Pentecost
Readings, New Calendar
Epistle2 Corinthians 11.1-6
11:1I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me. 2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
5For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles. 6But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
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GospelLuke 9.37-43
9:37On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. 38Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only born child. 39Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. 40I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.” 41Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
42While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 43They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
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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 Corinthians 11.1-6
11:1I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me. 2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
5For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles. 6But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
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GospelLuke 9.1-6
9:1He called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 2He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick. 3He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey—no staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money. Don’t have two tunics each. 4Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there. 5As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.” 6They departed and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News and healing everywhere.
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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 Saturday, November 15, 2031?
- On the New Calendar, Beginning of the Nativity Fast and St Paisius Velichkovsky.
- On the Old Calendar, Acindynus of Persia and Others.
Is Saturday, November 15, 2031 a fast day in the Orthodox Church?
- On the New Calendar it is a fast day, with fish, wine and oil.
- On the Old Calendar it is not a fast day.
What are the Orthodox readings for Saturday, November 15, 2031?
On the New Calendar:
At the Liturgy, the Epistle is 2 Corinthians 11.1-6 and the Gospel is Luke 9.37-43.
On the Old Calendar:
At the Liturgy, the Epistle is 2 Corinthians 11.1-6 and the Gospel is Luke 9.1-6.