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16A jedanaest uèenika otidoše u Galileju u goru kuda im je kazao Isus. 17I kad ga vidješe, pokloniše mu se; a jedni posumnjaše. 18I pristupivši Isus reèe im govoreæi: dade mi se svaka vlast na nebu i na zemlji. 19Idite dakle i nauèite sve narode krsteæi ih va ime oca i sina i svetoga Duha, 20Uèeæi ih da sve drže što sam vam zapovijedao; i evo ja sam s vama u sve dane do svršetka vijeka. Amin.
1Ali vam napominjem, braæo, jevanðelje, koje vam objavih, koje i primiste, u kome i stojite, 2Kojijem se i spasavate, ako držite kako vam objavih; veæ ako da uzalud vjerovaste. 3Jer vam najprije predadoh što i primih da Hristos umrije za grijehe naše, po pismu, 4I da bi ukopan, i da usta treæi dan, po pismu, 5I da se javi Kifi, potom jedanaestorici apostola; 6A potom ga vidješe jednom više od pet stotina braæe, od kojijeh mnogi žive i sad, a neki i pomriješe; 7A potom se javi Jakovu, pa onda svima apostolima; 8A poslije sviju javi se i meni, kao kakvom nedonošèetu. 9Jer sam ja najmlaði meðu apostolima, koji nijesam dostojan nazvati se apostol, jer gonih crkvu Božiju. 10Ali po blagodati Božijoj jesam što jesam, i blagodat njegova što je u meni ne osta prazna, nego se potrudih više od sviju njih, ali ne ja nego blagodat Božija koja je sa mnom. 11Bio dakle ja ili oni, tako propovijedamo, i tako vjerovaste.
16I gle, neko pristupivši reèe mu: uèitelju blagi! kakovo æu dobro da uèinim da imam život vjeèni? 17A on reèe mu: što me zoveš blagijem? niko nije blag osim jednoga Boga. A ako želiš uæi u život, drži zapovijesti. 18Reèe mu: koje? A Isus reèe: da ne ubiješ; ne èiniš preljube; ne ukradeš; ne svjedoèiš lažno; 19Poštuj oca i mater; i ljubi bližnjega svoga kao samog sebe. 20Reèe mu mladiæ: sve sam ovo saèuvao od mladosti svoje; šta mi još treba? 21Reèe mu Isus: ako hoæeš savršen da budeš, idi prodaj sve što imaš i podaj siromasima; i imaæeš blago na nebu; pa hajde za mnom. 22A kad èu mladiæ rijeè, otide žalostan; jer bijaše vrlo bogat. 23A Isus reèe uèenicima svojijem: zaista vam kažem da je teško bogatome uæi u carstvo nebesko. 24I još vam kažem: lakše je kamili proæi kroz iglene uši negoli bogatome uæi u carstvo Božije. 25A kad to èuše uèenici, divljahu se vrlo govoreæi: ko se dakle može spasti? 26A Isus pogledavši na njih reèe im: ljudima je ovo nemoguæe, a Bogu je sve moguæe.
At the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, her sash came into the possession of the Apostle Thomas and after various transfers came to Cappadocia. It was later taken from there to Constantinople, where it was kept in a sealed casket in the Church of the Theotokos at Blachernae, at the time of the Emperor Arcadius (395-408). The casket was not opened until the reign of the Emperor Leo the Wise (886-912), when the Empress Zoe, who was ill, had a vision in which she was told to have the sash placed upon her. The Emperor obtained the blessing of the Patriarch, the sash was placed upon the Empress, and she was immediately healed. Some accounts say that today’s feast celebrates the bringing of the sash to Constantinople; others that it commemorates the miraculous healing of the Empress.
He was born around 190 to pagan parents in North Africa. Before baptism he was distinguished in Carthage as a teacher of philosophy and rhetoric. He came to faith in Christ and was baptized at a young age; as soon as he became a Christian he abandoned his prestigious teacher’s position, sold his many possessions and gave all his wealth to the poor. He was ordained presbyter in 247, Bishop of Carthage in 248. He was known for his gentleness and paternal care for his flock, combined with firm opposition to heretics. His extensive writings still guide the Church today.
For his confession of Christ, he was beheaded under the Emperor Valerian on September 14; since that is the date of the Exaltation of the Cross, his feast is kept today. At the time of his execution he left twenty-five gold pieces (a huge sum) for the executioner who beheaded him.
He was known for his gentleness and his ascetical way of life. He would not ordain any man who did not know the Psalter by heart. He presided at a local council in which simony in the Church was anathematized. In his own lifetime he worked miracles, and he was told the time of his death in a vision. The famous monastery of Studion was built in his time, with his blessing. He reposed in peace.
Around AD 635, Saint Oswald (5 August), King of Northumbria, appealed to the monks of the Monastery of Iona to send missionaries to his mostly-pagan kingdom. (An earlier mission had ended with the death of St Edwin in 633.) The fathers of the monastery chose St Aidan and consecrated him bishop. He founded a monastery (and his episcopal seat) on the island of Lindisfarne, and undertook missionary journeys, always on foot, throughout the kingdom, with King Oswald often accompanying him and serving as his interpreter. He lived in great poverty, using all the gifts he received as alms for the poor or to buy back captives and slaves. He was the spiritual father of St Hilda (17 Nov.), and founded the first women’s monasteries in Northumbria. He reposed in peace in 651, and was buried at Lindisfarne.
Note: Northumbria was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now northeastern England and southern Scotland.