14. октобар 2026.
Wednesday of the 20th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)
Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)
Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

Scripture Readings

Philippians 2.24-30 (Epistle)

24A nadam se u Gospoda da æu i sam skoro doæi k vama. 25Ali naðoh za potrebno da pošljem k vama brata Epafrodita, svojega pomagaèa i drugara u vojevanju, a vašega poslanika i slugu moje potrebe; 26Jer željaše od srca vas sve da vidi, i žaljaše što ste èuli da je bolovao. 27Jer bješe bolestan do smrti; no Bog pomilova ga, ne samo njega, nego i mene, da mi ne doðe žalost na žalost. 28Zato ga poslah skorije, da se obradujete kad ga opet vidite, i meni da olakša malo. 29Primite ga dakle u Gospodu sa svakom radosti, i takove poštujte; 30Jer za djelo Hristovo doðe do same smrti, ne marivši za svoj život da naknadi u službi mojoj što vas nemam.

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 Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)

These martyrs contested for the faith in Milan, and were beheaded under the Emperor Nero. Many years later, their relics were discovered by St Ambrose through a vision, and were given honorable burial.

Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)

He was from Jerusalem. An orphan, he was adopted into the family of St John of Damascus (commemorated December 4). He became Bishop of Maiuma, a city on the coast of Palestine, which was later named Constantia. Like his adoptive brother he became a noted hymnographer: The Canon of the Cross (Sept. 14) and the Canon for Christ’s Nativity, “Christ is born, give ye glory…” are his compositions.

Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

He was the first Russian prince to forsake the world and enter monastic life, at the Lavra of the Kiev Caves. Though his brothers according to the flesh tried to turn him back from his chosen path, he embraced monastic life zealously, amazing his fellow-monks by his humility and piety. Despite his rank, he insisted upon being treated like the simplest novice, performing the meanest tasks joyfully. In time his abbot allowed him to withdraw from the common life, living entirely in his cell in constant prayer. He reposed in peace in 1143. A few months later his brother Prince Iziaslav was healed of a grave illness when he put on St Nicholas’ hair shirt and drank some water from the monastery. The Prince asked to be clothed in the hairshirt on the day of his death.