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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Saturday, August 29, 2026
13th Saturday after Pentecost.
Fast Strict Fast (Wine & Oil) Beheading of St John the Baptist.

Readings:

• Composite 8 - Isaiah 40, 41, 45, 48, 54 (Vespers)
• Composite 9 - Malachi 3, 4 (Vespers)
• Composite 3 - Wisdom of Solomon 4, 5 (Vespers)
• Matthew 14.1-13 (Matins Gospel)
• 1 Corinthians 2.6-9 (Epistle)
• Acts 13.25-33 (Epistle) (Forerunner)
• Matthew 22.15-22 (Gospel)
• Mark 6.14-30 (Gospel) (Forerunner)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 16, Kathisma 17 (Matins)
• Kathisma 1 (Vespers)

On this day the Church remembers:

• Beheading of Baptist John
• St Anastasius of the Strumitza Eparchy

Hymns:

• Beheading of Baptist John