Orthodox calendar: October 6 – Conception of the glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John the Baptisttranslated

19th Week after Pentecost.

Today, October 6, 2026, the Orthodox Church remembers the conception of the honest, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John; glorification of St. Innocent, Metropolitan Moscow (1977); prpp. wives of Xanthippe and Polyxenia (109); mts. Iraida virgins (c. 308); mchch. Andrew, John and the children of John Peter and Antonin (IX); sschmch. John the Presbyter (1937); Slovenian Icon of the Mother of God (1635).

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Today, October 6, the Church celebrates the Conception of the glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John. The holy prophet Malachi predicted that before the Messiah, His Forerunner would appear, who would indicate His coming. Therefore, the Jews, who were expecting the Messiah, were also waiting for the appearance of His Forerunner.

In the city of Judah in the mountainous country of Palestine lived the righteous priest Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, who immaculately kept the commandments of the Lord. However, the couple were unhappy: having lived to an advanced age, they were childless and did not stop praying to God to give them a child. One day, when Saint Zechariah was yet another priest in the Temple of Jerusalem, he entered the Sanctuary during the Divine Service to burn incense. Entering behind the curtain of the Sanctuary, he saw the Angel of God standing...