Luke 24.36-53 (6th Matins Gospel)

36A kad oni ovo govorahu, i sam Isus stade meðu njima, i reèe im: mir vam. 37A oni se uplašiše, i poplašeni buduæi, mišljahu da vide duha. 38I reèe im: šta se plašite? I zašto takove misli ulaze u srca vaša? 39Vidite ruke moje i noge moje: ja sam glavom; opipajte me i vidite; jer duh tijela i kostiju nema kao što vidite da ja imam. 40I ovo rekavši pokaza im ruke i noge. 41A dok oni još ne vjerovahu od radosti i èuðahu se reèe im: imate li ovdje što za jelo? 42A oni mu daše komad ribe peèene, i meda u satu. 43I uzevši izjede pred njima. 44I reèe im: ovo su rijeèi koje sam vam govorio još dok sam bio s vama, da sve treba da se svrši što je za mene napisano u zakonu Mojsijevu i u prorocima i u psalmima. 45Tada im otvori um da razumiju pismo. 46I reèe im: tako je pisano, i tako je trebalo da Hristos postrada i da ustane iz mrtvijeh treæi dan; 47I da se propovijeda pokajanje u ime njegovo i oproštenje grijeha po svijem narodima poèevši od Jerusalima. 48A vi ste svjedoci ovome. 49I gle, ja æu poslati obeæanje oca svojega na vas; a vi sjedite u gradu Jerusalimskome dok se ne obuèete u silu s visine. 50I izvede ih napolje do Vitanije, i podignuvši ruke svoje blagoslovi ih. 51I kad ih blagosiljaše, otstupi od njih, i uznošaše se na nebo. 52I oni mu se pokloniše, i vratiše se u Jerusalim s velikom radošæu. 53I bijahu jednako u crkvi hvaleæi i blagosiljajuæi Boga. Amin.

2 Corinthians 6.16-7.1 (Epistle)

16Ili kako se udara crkva Božija s idolima? Jer ste vi crkve Boga živoga, kao što reèe Bog: useliæu se u njih, i življeæu u njima, i biæu im Bog, i oni æe biti moj narod. 17Zato iziðite izmeðu njih i odvojte se, govori Gospod, i ne dohvatajte se do neèistote, i ja æu vas primiti, 18I biæu vam otac, i vi æete biti moji sinovi i kæeri, govori Gospod svedržitelj.

1Imajuæi dakle ovaka obeæanja, o ljubazni! da oèistimo sebe od svake poganštine tijela i duha, i da tvorimo svetinju u strahu Božijemu.

Luke 6.31-36 (Gospel)

31I kako hoæete da èine vama ljudi èinite i vi njima onako. 32I ako ljubite one koji vas ljube, kakva vam je hvala? Jer i grješnici ljube one koji njih ljube. 33I ako èinite dobro onima koji vama dobro èine, kakva vam je hvala? Jer i grješnici èine tako. 34I ako dajete u zajam onima od kojijeh se nadate da æete uzeti, kakva vam je hvala? Jer i grješnici grješnicima daju u zajam da uzmu opet onoliko. 35Ali ljubite neprijatelje svoje, i èinite dobro, i dajite u zajam ne nadajuæi se nièemu; i biæe vam velika plata, i biæete sinovi najvišega, jer je on blag i neblagodarnima i zlima. 36Budite dakle milostivi kao i otac vaš što je milostiv.

Holy Martyr Charitina of Amissos (304)

She was the handmaid (according to the Great Horologion) or adopted daughter (according to the Prologue) of an eminent Roman citizen named Claudius, during the reign of Diocletian. She was betrayed as a Christian to the governor Dometian, before whom she fearlessly confessed her faith. After she had endured many cruel tortures, the governor sent some dissolute youths to rape her. Having prayed to be spared this dishonor, she was permitted to give up her soul to God.

Holy Hierarchs of Moscow Peter (1326), Alexis (1378), Jonas (1461), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Hermogenes (1612), Philaret (1867), Innocent (1879), and Tikhon (1925)

This Feast of the Hierarchs of Moscow was established during the reign of Tsar Theodore and Patriarch Job in the year 1596. All of them are commemorated individually as well as on this day. Only Sts Peter, Alexis, Jonas and Philip are specifically mentioned in the Menaion service, but other holy hierarchs of Moscow have been added to the commemoration over the years.

Our Holy Mother Methodia of Kimolos (1865)

She was born in 1865 on the island of Kimolos. Against her own wishes, her parents married her to a sailor, but he drowned soon after their wedding. Though she grieved for him, she also took his loss as a sign that she was to follow the path that she had always most deeply desired — so she entered monastic life, receiving the name Methodia. She then shut herself in a small cell where she gave herself to prayer without reservation, hardly ever leaving. She prayed virtually around the clock, and kept strict fast every day but Saturday and Sunday, on which days she would leave her cell to partake of the Mysteries. She received no visitors at all during Lent; at other times, she would receive only women. She became known throughout her region as a counselor and healer. She reposed in peace at the age of forty-two, in 1908.