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The Orthodox Bible in English – Septuagint Audio

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The Holy Scriptures of the Orthodox Church, read slowly and calmly for prayer, rest and sleep. Complete books of the Greek Septuagint, all 151 Psalms, the Orthodox morning and evening prayers, and the daily Gospel readings, often with gentle rain and a soft Byzantine ison. Long episodes you can fall asleep to, free for everyone.

Text: The Orthodox Bible in English, the complete 78-book Orthodox canon in large print: amazon.com/dp/B0GLX9FTB5

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2025
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  1. The Complete Gospel of John for Sleep (2.5 Hours) | Holy Gospel | Gentle Rain | Orthodox Bible

    Season 1, Episode 14

    Show notes

    The Orthodox Bible in English, the complete 78-book Orthodox canon in large print (hardcover, paperback, Kindle) on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLX9FTB5

    The complete Gospel according to Saint John, read slowly and calmly for sleep, rest and prayer, with gentle rain and a soft Byzantine ison drone. No music, no commentary and no verse numbers in between: just the Holy Gospel.

    "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The wedding at Cana, Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, the Good Shepherd, the raising of Lazarus, the Last Supper, the Cross and the Resurrection. Every chapter is listed below.

    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Introduction

    0:12 John 1

    9:10 John 2

    13:32 John 3

    19:51 John 4

    29:09 John 5

    37:21 John 6

    49:29 John 7

    58:11 John 8

    1:09:08 John 9

    1:16:25 John 10

    1:23:24 John 11

    1:33:04 John 12

    1:42:12 John 13

    1:49:17 John 14

    1:55:07 John 15

    2:00:01 John 16

    2:06:24 John 17

    2:11:21 John 18

    2:19:20 John 19

    2:28:08 John 20

    2:34:22 John 21

    Text: the World English Bible (public domain), translated from the Byzantine Majority Greek text.

    Background ison and rain: original, produced for this channel.

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    2 hr 41 min
  2. When You Carry Regret to Bed, Fall Asleep to the Psalms of Mercy (5.5 Hours) | Septuagint Psalms for Sleep

    Season 2, Episode 8

    Show notes

    The Orthodox Bible in English, the complete 78-book Orthodox canon in large print (hardcover, paperback, Kindle) on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLX9FTB5
    Fall asleep without ads: the Psalms and four more sleep recordings as ad-free MP3s: https://orthodox-bible-in-english-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sleep-collection-5-ad-free-mp3s-psalter-wisdom-solomon-job-chant

    When the day ends with regret, and you need to lay it before God: Psalm 51, "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy", the seven penitential psalms, Psalm 103, "Bless the Lord, O my soul", Psalm 130, "Out of the depths have I cried to thee, O Lord", Psalm 136, "For his mercy endures for ever", and more psalms of forgiveness and God's steadfast love, read slowly and calmly for sleep, with gentle rain and a soft Byzantine ison drone. No music, no commentary and no verse numbers: just the Psalms, from the Greek Septuagint, the Psalter of the Orthodox Church.

    The full cycle is read six times, so you can fall asleep at any point. The psalms carry the Septuagint numbering, with the familiar Hebrew/KJV number in brackets.

    Text: the Septuagint in the translation of Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton (1851), public domain.
    Background ison and rain: original, produced for this channel.

    Subscribe for the daily readings of the Orthodox Church and more of the Scriptures for sleep.

    #PsalmsForSleep #Psalm51 #BibleForSleep #Septuagint #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox

    5 hr 44 min
  3. “His Hand Was Restored Whole As the Other” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 31

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 31, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. (Church calendar: October 18, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - 2 Corinthians 5:1–10
    - Colossians 4:5–9,14,18 – Apostle
    - Luke 6:1–10
    - Luke 10:16–21 – Apostle

    Saints commemorated today
    - Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke
    - Translation of the relics of Venerable Joseph of Volokolamsk
    - New Hieromartyrs Andrew, Sergius, Nicholas and Sergius priests, Virgin-martyr Elizabeth
    - Repose of Jose Munoz-Cortez who met with a martyric death
    - Martyr Marinus the Elder at Anazarbus

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Saturday, October 31, 2026
    0:30 2 Corinthians 5:1–10
    2:02 Colossians 4:5–9,14,18
    3:02 Luke 6:1–10
    4:59 Luke 10:16–21
    6:15 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

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    7 min
  4. “We Are Here in a Desert Place” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 30

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 30, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. (Church calendar: October 17, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Colossians 4:10–18
    - Luke 9:12–18

    Saints commemorated today
    - Prophet Hosea
    - Monk-martyr Andrew of Crete
    - New Hieromartyr Neophit and Anatolius priests, Martyrs Hyacinth and Callistus
    - New Hieromartyr Archbishop Alexander of Semipalatinsk
    - Venerable Anthony, abbot, of Leokhonov

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Friday, October 30, 2026
    0:26 Colossians 4:10–18
    2:00 Luke 9:12–18
    3:25 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

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    #OrthodoxBible #DailyBibleReading #AudioBible

    4 min
  5. “Of Some, That Elias Had Appeared” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 29

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 29, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. (Church calendar: October 16, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Colossians 4:2–9
    - 2 Timothy 2:1–10 – Martyr
    - Luke 9:7–11
    - Matthew 27:33–54 – Martyr

    Saints commemorated today
    - Venerable Longinus the Centurion, who stood at the Cross of the Lord
    - St. Gregory confessor, priest
    - New Hieromartyr Eugene priest
    - New Hieromartyr Alexis priest
    - New Hieromartyr John priest

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Thursday, October 29, 2026
    0:31 Colossians 4:2–9
    1:41 2 Timothy 2:1–10
    3:01 Luke 9:7–11
    4:04 Matthew 27:33–54
    7:19 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

    #OrthodoxBible #DailyBibleReading #AudioBible

    8 min
  6. “As They Sailed He Fell Asleep” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 28

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 28, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. (Church calendar: October 15, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Colossians 3:17–4:1
    - Luke 8:22–25

    Saints commemorated today
    - Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, monk of Mt. Athos
    - Martyr Lucian, presbyter of Greater Antioch
    - New Hieromartyr Simeon priest
    - New Hieromartyr Valerian Novitsky, priest of Telyadovich
    - New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Wednesday, October 28, 2026
    0:31 Colossians 3:17–4:1
    1:48 Luke 8:22–25
    2:50 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

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    3 min
  7. “The Twelve Were With Him” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 27

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 27, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. (Church calendar: October 14, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Colossians 2:20–3:3
    - Luke 8:1–3

    Saints commemorated today
    - Martyrs Nazarius, Gervase, Protase, and Celsus of Milan
    - Venerable Parasceva of Epibatima, Thrace, whose relics are in Iasi, Romania
    - New Hieromartyr Michael priest
    - St. Ambrose, bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk
    - New Hieromartyr Peter priest

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Tuesday, October 27, 2026
    0:32 Colossians 2:20–3:3
    1:31 Luke 8:1–3
    2:13 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

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    3 min
  8. When Worry Won't Let You Sleep, Rest in These Psalms (5.5 Hours) | Septuagint Psalms for Sleep

    Season 2, Episode 7

    Show notes

    The Orthodox Bible in English, the complete 78-book Orthodox canon in large print (hardcover, paperback, Kindle) on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLX9FTB5
    Fall asleep without ads: the Psalms and four more sleep recordings as ad-free MP3s: https://orthodox-bible-in-english-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sleep-collection-5-ad-free-mp3s-psalter-wisdom-solomon-job-chant

    When your thoughts keep running and worry will not let you sleep: Psalm 23, "The Lord tends me as a shepherd", Psalm 42, "Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul?", Psalm 55, "Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee", and 27 more psalms of trust and peace, read slowly and calmly for sleep, with gentle rain and a soft Byzantine ison drone. No music, no commentary and no verse numbers: just the Psalms, from the Greek Septuagint, the Psalter of the Orthodox Church.

    The full cycle is read five times, so you can fall asleep at any point. The psalms carry the Septuagint numbering, with the familiar Hebrew/KJV number in brackets.

    Text: the Septuagint in the translation of Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton (1851), public domain.

    Subscribe for the daily readings of the Orthodox Church and more of the Scriptures for sleep.

    #PsalmsForSleep #SleepWithPsalms #BibleForSleep #Septuagint #OrthodoxChristian #Orthodox

    5 hr 34 min
  9. “Thou Gavest Me No Kiss” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 26

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 26, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 22nd Week after Pentecost. Tone four. (Church calendar: October 13, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Colossians 2:13–20
    - Philippians 2:5–11 – Theotokos
    - Luke 7:36–50
    - Luke 10:38–42; 11:27–28 – Theotokos

    Saints commemorated today
    - Translation into Moscow of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
    - Martyrs Carpus, bishop at Thyateira, Papylus the deacon, Agathadorus, and Agathonica at Pergamus
    - New Hieromartyrs Innocent and Nicholas priests
    - Returning of the relics Venerable and God-bearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified to the monastery of Massaba in Jordan on October 24, 1965
    - Uncovering of the relics of Hieromartyr Thaddeus, archbishop of Tver

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Monday, October 26, 2026
    0:30 Colossians 2:13–20
    1:57 Philippians 2:5–11
    2:54 Luke 7:36–50
    5:39 Luke 10:38–42; 11:27–28
    7:00 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

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    7 min
  10. “There Came a Fear on All” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 25

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 25, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 21st Sunday after Pentecost. Tone four. (Church calendar: October 12, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Galatians 2:16–20
    - Hebrews 13:7–16 – Fathers
    - Luke 7:11–16
    - John 17:1–13 – Fathers

    Saints commemorated today
    - Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council
    - Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus at Tarsus in Cilicia
    - Venerable Cosmas the Hymnographer, bishop of Maiuma
    - St. Euphrosyne the Faster, schema-abbess of Siberia
    - New Hieromartyr John

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Sunday, October 25, 2026
    0:29 Galatians 2:16–20
    1:38 Hebrews 13:7–16
    3:10 Luke 7:11–16
    4:21 John 17:1–13
    6:45 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

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    7 min
  11. Orthodox Prayers Before Holy Communion | Read Aloud with Text | Prepare Your Heart

    Season 5, Episode 3

    Show notes

    The Orthodox Bible in English, the complete 78-book Orthodox canon in large print (hardcover, paperback, Kindle) on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLX9FTB5
    Get the Orthodox Psalter and Prayer Book (large print): https://orthodox-bible-in-english-shop.fourthwall.com/products/orthodox-psalter-and-prayer-book-large-print-ebook-epub

    The Orthodox Prayers before Holy Communion, read slowly and calmly with the full text on screen, so you can pray along on the evening before or the morning of Communion: the troparia of preparation and the prayers of Saint Basil the Great, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Symeon Metaphrastes and others. With a soft Byzantine ison drone and gentle rain.

    Nothing here replaces the counsel of your spiritual father. The text is from our Orthodox Psalter and Prayer Book (large print).

    CHAPTERS
    0:00 Introduction
    0:13 Before the Prayers
    1:34 The First Prayer, of Saint Basil the Great
    3:07 The Second Prayer, of Saint John Chrysostom
    4:42 The Third Prayer, of Saint Symeon Metaphrastes
    6:03 The Fourth Prayer, of Saint John of Damascus
    7:17 A Prayer before the Chalice

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    9 min
  12. “He Left All, Rose Up, and Followed Him” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 24

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 24, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. (Church calendar: October 11, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - 2 Corinthians 3:12–18
    - Acts 8:26–39 – Apostle
    - Luke 5:27–32
    - Luke 10:1–21 – Apostle

    Saints commemorated today
    - Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy, one of the seven deacons
    - Venerable Theophanes the Confessor and Hymnographer, bishop of Nicaea
    - Venerable Leonid of Optina
    - Synaxis of the Saints of Optina: St. Leonid, St. Macarius, St. Moses, St. Anthony, St. Hilarion, St. Ambrose, St. Anatole, St. Isaac I, St. Joseph, St. Barsanuphius, St. Anatole, St. Nektary, St. Nikon the Confessor, New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Isaac II
    - New Hieromartyrs Philaret and Alexander priests

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Saturday, October 24, 2026
    0:32 2 Corinthians 3:12–18
    1:36 Acts 8:26–39
    4:01 Luke 5:27–32
    4:56 Luke 10:1–21
    8:30 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

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    9 min
  13. “Ye Say, He Hath a Devil” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 23

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 23, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. (Church calendar: October 10, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Galatians 5:22–6:2 – Venerable Ambrose
    - Luke 7:31–35
    - Luke 6:17–23 – Venerable Ambrose

    Saints commemorated today
    - Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia at Nicomedia and 200 Martyrs with them
    - St. Innocent, bishop of Penza
    - Venerable Ambrose of Optina
    - New Hieromartyr Theodore archbishop of Volokolamsk
    - Saint Amphylochius, Bishop of Vladimir-Volyn

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Friday, October 23, 2026
    0:31 Galatians 5:22–6:2
    1:34 Luke 7:31–35
    2:31 Luke 6:17–23
    4:00 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

    #OrthodoxBible #DailyBibleReading #AudioBible

    4 min
  14. “Blessed Is He, Whosoever Shall Not Be Offended in Me” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 22

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 22, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. (Church calendar: October 9, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - 1 Corinthians 4:9–16 – Apostle
    - Luke 7:17–30
    - Luke 10:16–21 – Apostle

    Saints commemorated today
    - Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus
    - Venerable Andronicus and his wife Venerable Athanasia of Egypt
    - New Hieromartyrs Constantine and Peter priests
    - New Hieromartyr Constantine priest
    - Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Sebastian Fomin

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Thursday, October 22, 2026
    0:28 1 Corinthians 4:9–16
    1:52 Luke 7:17–30
    4:27 Luke 10:16–21
    5:42 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

    #OrthodoxBible #DailyBibleReading #AudioBible

    6 min
  15. “It Was Founded Upon a Rock” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 21

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 21, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. (Church calendar: October 8, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Colossians 1:18–23
    - Luke 6:46–7:1

    Saints commemorated today
    - Venerable Pelagia the Penitent of the Mount of Olives
    - New Hieromartyrs Demetrius archbishop of Mozhaysk and with him John deacon, Hieromartyr Ambrosius and Pakhomius, Virgin-martyr Tatiana, Martyr Nicholas, Virgin-martyrs Mary and Nadezhda
    - New Hieromartyr Jonah bishop of Velizhsk, Hieromartyr Seraphim, New Hieromartyrs Peter, Basil, Paul, Peter, Vladimir priests, Martyrs Victor, John, Nicholas and Virgin-martyr Elizabeth
    - New Hieromartyr Barlaam
    - Venerable Dositheus, abbot of Verkneostrov

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Wednesday, October 21, 2026
    0:28 Colossians 1:18–23
    1:36 Luke 6:46–7:1
    2:41 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

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    3 min
  16. “Forgive, and Ye Shall Be Forgiven” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 20

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 20, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. (Church calendar: October 7, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Colossians 1:1–2, 7–11
    - Luke 6:37–45

    Saints commemorated today
    - Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria
    - St. Jonah, bishop of Manchuria
    - New Hieromartyr Priest Valentine Sventsitsky of Moscow and Priest Nicholas Kazansky
    - New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest
    - Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Tuesday, October 20, 2026
    0:29 Colossians 1:1–2, 7–11
    1:37 Luke 6:37–45
    3:38 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

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    4 min
  17. When You Need Protection, Fall Asleep to Psalm 91 & the Psalms of Refuge (3 Hours) | Septuagint

    Season 2, Episode 6

    Show notes

    The Orthodox Bible in English, the complete 78-book Orthodox canon in large print (hardcover, paperback, Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLX9FTB5

    Fall asleep without ads: the Psalms and four more sleep recordings as ad-free MP3s, $14.99: https://orthodox-bible-in-english-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sleep-collection-5-ad-free-mp3s-psalter-wisdom-solomon-job-chant

    Orthodox Psalter and Prayer Book (all 151 Psalms with morning and evening prayers): https://orthodox-bible-in-english-shop.fourthwall.com

    When you are afraid, worn out or need God's protection tonight: Psalm 91 (90 in the Septuagint), "He that dwells in the help of the Highest", and 27 more psalms of refuge and deliverance, read slowly and calmly for sleep, with gentle rain and a soft Byzantine ison drone. No music, no commentary and no verse numbers: just the Psalms, from the Greek Septuagint, the Psalter of the Orthodox Church.

    Psalm 91, Psalm 23, Psalm 27, Psalm 121, Psalm 46, Psalm 34, Psalm 139 and more. The full cycle is read three times, so you can fall asleep at any point.

    3 hr 2 min
  18. “Give to Every Man That Asketh of Thee” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 19

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 19, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 21st Week after Pentecost. Tone three. (Church calendar: October 6, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Philippians 4:10–23
    - 1 Corinthians 4:9–16 – Apostle
    - Luke 6:24–30
    - John 20:19–31 – Apostle

    Saints commemorated today
    - Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas
    - New Hieromartyr John priest
    - Virgin-martyr Eroteis of Cappadocia
    - New Martyr Macarius at Kion in Bithynia
    - Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "O All-Hymned Mother"

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Monday, October 19, 2026
    0:26 Philippians 4:10–23
    2:30 1 Corinthians 4:9–16
    3:54 Luke 6:24–30
    5:02 John 20:19–31
    7:34 Closing

    A new reading every day at 9 PM (Central European Time), following the Orthodox Church (Julian) calendar. Text from The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: the complete Orthodox canon, Septuagint Old Testament and Greek New Testament in English.

    Subscribe and join the daily readings – Glory to God for all things!

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    8 min
  19. “Be Ye Therefore Merciful, As Your Father Also Is Merciful” | Orthodox Gospel Today

    Season 4, Episode 18

    Show notes

    Today's Orthodox Bible reading for October 18, 2026: the Epistle and Gospel of the Divine Liturgy, read aloud. 20th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone three. (Church calendar: October 5, Old Style).

    Get The Orthodox Bible in English – Large Print Edition: https://a.co/d/0djC36uW

    Readings
    - Galatians 1:11–19
    - Hebrews 13:17–21 – Saints
    - Luke 6:31–36
    - Matthew 5:14–19 – Saints

    Saints commemorated today
    - Martyr Charitina of Amisus
    - Sts. Peter, Theognostus, Alexis, Cyprian, Photius, Jonah, Gerontius, Ioasaph, Macarius, Philip, Job, Hermogenes, Tikhon, Peter, Philaret, Innocent, and Macarius, metropolitans of Moscow
    - Venerable Gabriel confessor
    - Venerable Damian the Healer, and Venerables Jeremiah and Matthew, clairvoyants of the Kiev Caves
    - Venerable Charitina, princess of Lithuania

    Chapters
    0:00 Introduction – Sunday, October 18, 2026
    0:27 Galatians 1:11–19
    1:48 Hebrews 13:17–21
    2:49 Luke 6:31–36
    3:55 Matthew 5:14–19
    5:07 Closing

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    5 min
  20. Orthodox Morning Prayers | Read Aloud with Text | Start Your Day with God

    Season 5, Episode 2

    Show notes

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    The Orthodox Morning Prayers, read slowly and calmly with the full text on screen, so you can pray along at the start of your day. With a soft Byzantine ison drone.

    The text is from our Orthodox Psalter and Prayer Book (large print).

    CHAPTERS
    0:00 Introduction
    0:12 Beginning
    1:45 The Morning Prayer of the Publican
    2:28 A Prayer to the Holy Trinity
    3:33 The Prayer of Saint Basil the Great
    5:24 The First Prayer of Saint Macarius the Great
    5:56 The Second Prayer of Saint Macarius
    6:30 A Prayer for the Day
    7:42 The Symbol of Faith
    9:28 A Prayer to the Guardian Angel
    10:29 A Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos
    11:42 The Intercessions
    13:07 The Conclusion of the Morning Prayers

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    15 min