No Fast
58Zato, braæo moja ljubazna, budite tvrdi, ne dajte se pomaknuti, i napredujte jednako u djelu Gospodnjemu znajuæi da trud vaš nije uzalud pred Gospodom.
1A za milostinju svetima, kao što uredih po crkvama Galatijskijem onako i vi èinite. 2Svaki prvi dan nedjelje neka svaki od vas ostavlja kod sebe i skuplja koliko može, da ne bivaju zbiranja kad doðem. 3A kad doðem, koje naðete za vrijedne one æu s poslanicama poslati u Jerusalim neka odnesu vašu pomoæ.
27I potom iziðe, i vidje carinika po imenu Levija gdje sjedi na carini, i reèe mu: hajde za mnom. 28I ostavivši sve, ustade i poðe za njim. 29I zgotovi mu Levije kod kuæe svoje veliku èast; i bješe mnogo carinika i drugijeh koji sjeðahu s njim za trpezom. 30I vikahu na njega književnici i fariseji govoreæi uèenicima njegovijem: zašto s carinicima i grješnicima jedete i pijete? 31I odgovarajuæi Isus reèe im: ne trebaju zdravi ljekara nego bolesni. 32Ja nijesam došao da dozovem pravednike nego grješnike na pokajanje.
They were brother and sister, from Nicomedia, who suffered for Christ during the reign of Maximian. Eulampius was arrested for his Christian faith; when his sister received the news, she hurried to join him. Both were subjected to various cruel tortures, including being cast into fire and boiling pitch, from which they miraculously emerged unharmed. Finally, Eulampius was beheaded, and Eulampia gave up her spirit before she too could be beheaded.
“Saint Andrew came of a family of devout, unlettered peasants. He obtained an education by going to church and, on the death of his parents, became a novice at the Monastery of Galich, in the diocese of Kostroma. The Abbot, who was remarkable for his wisdom, discerned Andrew’s spiritual gifts and encouraged him to undertake the unusual and difficult ascesis of Foolishness-for-Christ. Andrew left the monastery to lead a wayfaring life, but often returned to reveal his thoughts and deeds to his starets. On his Elder’s death, he settled near the Church of the Resurrection in the town of Totma, where he was completely unknown. He spent the whole night in prayer and during the day begged alms that he forthwith gave to the poor. He went barefoot summer and winter and lived on nothing but bread and water. Every year he made a pilgrimage to the holy places of the region. One day he was accosted by the chief of an outlandish tribe. The man was suffering from an eye complaint and asked Andrew, who was already looked upon as a wonderworker, to cure him. Andrew fled, but the wild man washed his eyes in the snow trodden by the Saint and was healed.
“Worn out by ascesis and privation, Saint Andrew foreknew the day of his decease. He called a priest, confessed and communicated in the holy Mysteries, and not long after he fell asleep in the Lord, a heavenly scent pervading the room where his body lay. Some time later, the Saint appeared to a sick woman as she slept, holding the Gospel for her to venerate and telling her to pray at his tomb. When she awoke, the woman was healed.” (Synaxarion)