Orthodox calendar: October 9 – repose of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologiantranslated

19th Week after Pentecost.

Today, October 9, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of rights. Gideon, judge of Israel (XIV BC); repose of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (beginning II); blgv. book Nyagu of Basarab (1521) (Roman); St. Ephraim of Perekom, Novgorod (1492); St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' (glorification, 1989); The Cathedral of Saints who shone forth in the land of Spain and Portugal; sschmch. Athanasius, Alexander and Demetrius presbyters, martyr. John and Nicholas (1937); sschmch. Vladimir presbyter (1939).

Lenten Day.

The holy apostle and evangelist John the Theologian was the son of Zebedee and Salome, the daughter of St. Joseph the Betrothed. At the same time as his older brother Jacob, he was called by our Lord Jesus Christ to be one of His disciples on Lake Gennesaret. Leaving their father, both brothers followed the Lord.

The Apostle John was especially loved by the Savior for his sacrificial love and virginal purity. After his calling, the apostle did not part with the Lord and was one of the three disciples whom He especially brought close to Himself. Saint John the Theologian was present at the Lord’s resurrection of Jairus’s daughter and witnessed the Transfiguration of the Lord...