Saturday 10th January 2026
Saturday after the Theophany
Afterfeast of The Theophany
Today we commemorate:
St. Gregory, bishop of Nyssa (395). St. Theophan the Recluse (1894). Blessed Theosebia the deaconess, wife of St. Gregory of Nyssa (385). St. Marcian, presbyter, of Constantinople (5th C). St. Dometian, bishop of Melitene (601)
British Isles and Ireland:
St. Diarmaid, abbot of Innis-Clotran (6th C). St. Thomian, Archbishop of Armagh (c.660). St. Sethrid of East Anglia, abbess in France (7th C).
Ephesians 6:10-17; Matthew 4:1-11
Readings in bold type are those appointed by the Typikon for use at the Liturgy
Ephesians 6:10-17
Brothers and sisters, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the complete armour of God so that you are able to stand against the deceptions of the devil. For we are wrestling, not against flesh and blood, but against the sovereignties, against the authorities, against the world rulers of the darkness of this age, against the supernatural powers of evil in the heights of heaven. For this reason, take up the complete armour of God so that you may be able to make a stand on the evil day, and having accomplished everything, to stand. Stand therefore with your waist belted with truth and wearing the breastplate of righteousness, and with feet shod in preparation for the Gospel of peace. Above all, after taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one, accept both the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Matthew 4:1-11
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, and he fasted for forty days and forty nights. Afterwards he was hungry, and the tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But he replied, ‘It is written, “No one shall live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’ Then the devil took him into the holy city and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, “He will command his angels concerning you, and upon their hands they will lift you up so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.”’ Jesus spoke to him once more, ‘It is written, “You shall not tempt the Lord your God.”’ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world with their glory, and he said to him, ‘All this I shall give to you if you kneel and worship me.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan, for it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve only him.”’ The devil then left him, and angels came and ministered to him.