14. октобар 2025.
Tuesday of the 19th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)
Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)
Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

Scripture Readings

Philippians 1.8-14 (Epistle)

8Jer Bog mi je svjedok da vas ljubim ljubavlju Isusa Hrista, 9I zato se molim Bogu da ljubav vaša još više i više izobiluje u razumu i svakoj volji, 10Da kušate šta je bolje, da budete èisti i bez spoticanja na dan Hristov, 11Napunjeni plodova pravde kroz Isusa Hrista, na slavu i hvalu Božiju. 12Hoæu pak da znate, braæo, da ovo što se radi sa mnom iziðe za napredak jevanðelja, 13Tako da se razglasi u svoj sudnici i kod sviju ostalijeh da su moji okovi za Hrista. 14I mnoga braæa u Gospodu oslobodivši se okovima mojima veæma smiju govoriti rijeè Božiju bez straha.

Luke 8.1-3 (Gospel)

1Poslije toga iðaše on po gradovima i po selima uèeæi i propovijedajuæi jevanðelje o carstvu Božijemu, i dvanaestorica s njim. 2I neke žene koje bijahu iscijeljene od zlijeh duhova i bolesti: Marija, koja se zvaše Magdalina, iz koje sedam ðavola iziðe, 3I Jovana, žena Huze pristava Irodova, i Susana, i druge mnoge koje služahu njemu imanjem svojijem.

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)

These martyrs contested for the faith in Milan, and were beheaded under the Emperor Nero. Many years later, their relics were discovered by St Ambrose through a vision, and were given honorable burial.

Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)

He was from Jerusalem. An orphan, he was adopted into the family of St John of Damascus (commemorated December 4). He became Bishop of Maiuma, a city on the coast of Palestine, which was later named Constantia. Like his adoptive brother he became a noted hymnographer: The Canon of the Cross (Sept. 14) and the Canon for Christ’s Nativity, “Christ is born, give ye glory…” are his compositions.

Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

He was the first Russian prince to forsake the world and enter monastic life, at the Lavra of the Kiev Caves. Though his brothers according to the flesh tried to turn him back from his chosen path, he embraced monastic life zealously, amazing his fellow-monks by his humility and piety. Despite his rank, he insisted upon being treated like the simplest novice, performing the meanest tasks joyfully. In time his abbot allowed him to withdraw from the common life, living entirely in his cell in constant prayer. He reposed in peace in 1143. A few months later his brother Prince Iziaslav was healed of a grave illness when he put on St Nicholas’ hair shirt and drank some water from the monastery. The Prince asked to be clothed in the hairshirt on the day of his death.