Orthodox Calendar

29. јул 2025.
Tuesday of the 8th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

  • Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250)
  • Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 10.5-12 (Epistle)

5Ali mnogi od njih ne bijahu po Božijoj volji, jer biše pobijeni u pustinji. 6A ovo biše ugledi nama, da mi ne želimo zala, kao i oni što želješe. 7Niti bivajte idolopoklonici, kao neki od njih, kao što stoji napisano: sjedoše ljudi da jedu i da piju, i ustaše da igraju. 8Niti da se kurvamo, kao neki od njih što se kurvaše, i pade ih u jedan dan dvadeset i tri hiljade. 9Niti da kušamo Hrista, kao što neki od njih kušaše, i od zmija izgiboše. 10Niti da vièemo na Boga, kao neki od njih što vikaše, i izgiboše od krvnika. 11Ovo se pak sve dogaðaše ugledi njima, a napisa se za nauku nama, na koje pošljedak svijeta doðe. 12Jer koji misli da stoji neka se èuva da ne padne.

Matthew 16.6-12 (Gospel)

6A Isus reèe im: èuvajte se kvasca farisejskoga i sadukejskog. 7A oni mišljahu u sebi govoreæi: to je što nijesmo hljeba uzeli. 8A Isus razumjevši reèe im: šta mislite u sebi, malovjerni, što hljeba nijeste uzeli? 9Zar još ne razumijete niti pamtite pet hljebova na pet hiljada, i koliko kotarica nakupiste? 10Ni sedam hljebova na èetiri hiljade, i koliko kotarica nakupiste? 11Kako ne razumijete da vam ne rekoh za hljebove da se èuvate kvasca farisejskoga i sadukejskog? 12Tada razumješe da ne reèe kvasca hljebnoga da se èuvaju, nego nauke farisejske i sadukejske.

Commemorations

Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250)

He was born in Cilicia to a pious family. He left all worldly things and devoted his life to preaching the Gospel of Christ, for which he was arrested in Ancyra by the governor Sacerdos. When he was commanded to worship the idols or suffer torture, Callinicus replied, ‘Every torture for my God is as welcome to me as bread to a hungry man.’ After harsh torture, the governor had him shod in shoes in which nails had been set pointing upright, and had him driven on foot to the town of Gangra. (The governor was afraid to keep him in Ancyra, since many of the people were turning to Christ through the Saint’s example.) On the way, when the soldiers became thirsty, Callinicus prayed to God and brought forth water from a rock. At Gangra he was thrown alive into a furnace. When the fire was out, his dead body was found completely unharmed.

Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

She was a maiden from Antioch who lived (perhaps as a slave) in the house of Sabina, wife of a Senator. When Seraphima brought the senator’s wife to faith in Christ, the governor summoned Seraphima before him. When she held firm in her faith, he cast her into prison and send several young men to her cell by night to defile her. When they arrived, she was praying to God, and an angel of the Lord appeared before them, clothed in light and bearing a sword; and the young men fell down unconscious. Finally, Seraphima received her martyr’s crown when she was beheaded by the governor’s order. Sabina, the senator’s wife, recovered and buried her body, from which a healing myrrh flowed. This was during the reign of Hadrian.