15. октобар 2025.
Wednesday of the 19th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

Holy Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of the Church of Antioch (312)

Scripture Readings

Philippians 1.12-20 (Epistle)

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. 15Istina, jedni iz zavisti i svaðe, a jedni od dobre volje Hrista propovijedaju. 16Tako ovi uz prkos Hrista objavljuju neèisto, misleæi da æe nanijeti žalost mojijem okovima; 17A ovi iz ljubavi, znajuæi da za obranu jevanðelja ležim u tamnici. 18Šta dakle? Bilo kako mu drago, dvolièenjem ili istinom, Hristos se propovijeda; i zato se radujem, a i radovaæu se; 19Jer znam da æe mi se ovo zbiti na spasenije vašom molitvom i pomoæu Duha Isusa Hrista. 20Kao što èekam i nadam se da se ni u èemu neæu postidjeti, nego da æe se i sad kao svagda sa svakom slobodom Hristos velièati u tijelu mojemu, bilo životom ili smræu.

Luke 8.22-25 (Gospel)

22I dogodi se u jedan dan on uljeze s uèenicima svojijem u laðu, i reèe im: da prijeðemo na onu stranu jezera. I poðoše. 23A kad iðahu oni on zaspa. I podiže se oluja na jezeru, i topljahu se, i bijahu u velikoj nevolji. 24I pristupivši probudiše ga govoreæi: uèitelju! uèitelju! izgibosmo. A on ustade, i zaprijeti vjetru i valovima; i prestadoše i posta tišina. 25A njima reèe: gdje je vjera vaša? A oni se poplašiše, i èuðahu se govoreæi jedan drugome: ko je ovaj što i vjetrovima i vodi zapovijeda, i slušaju ga?

Commemorations

Holy Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of the Church of Antioch (312)

He was born in Samosata in Syria (and is sometimes referred to as “Lucian of Samosata”) of noble parents. In his youth he received an excellent education. Though a privileged life was open to him, he gave all his goods away to the poor and embraced a life of asceticism, supporting himself writing and tutoring. He produced an edition of the Old Testament, freeing it from various corruptions introduced by heretics. He was made a priest in Antioch, where he served the Church faithfully. During the persecutions of Maximian, he was arrested while visiting Nicomedia to strengthen the faithful there. He was cast into prison for his faith and allowed to perish of hunger and thirst. Saint John Chrysostom wrote of him: “He scorned hunger; let us also scorn luxury and destroy the lordship of the stomach; that we may, when the time comes for us to meet such torture, be prepared beforehand, by the help of a lesser ascesis, to show ourselves worthy of glory in the hour of battle.”