15. октобар 2026.
Thursday of the 20th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Holy Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of the Church of Antioch (312)

Scripture Readings

Philippians 3.1-8 (Epistle)

1A dalje, braæo moja, radujte se u Gospodu. Jer sve jedno da vam pišem meni nije dosadno, a vama je potrebno. 2Èuvajte se od pasa, èuvajte se od zlijeh poslenika, èuvajte se od sijeèenja. 3Jer mi smo obrezanje koji duhom Bogu služimo i hvalimo se Hristom Isusom, a ne uzdamo se u tijelo. 4Premda bih se i ja mogao uzdati u tijelo. Ako ko drugi misli da se može uzdati u tijelo, ja još veæma, 5Koji sam obrezan osmi dan, od roda Izrailjeva, koljena Venijaminova, Jevrejin od Jevreja, po zakonu farisej. 6Po revnosti gonih crkvu Božiju, po pravdi zakonskoj bih bez mane. 7No što mi bješe dobitak ono primih za štetu Hrista radi. 8Jer sve držim za štetu prema prevažnome poznanju Hrista Isusa Gospoda svojega, kojega radi sve ostavih, i držim sve da su trice, samo da Hrista dobijem,

Luke 9.7-11 (Gospel)

7A kad èu Irod èetverovlasnik šta on èini, ne mogaše se naèuditi, jer neki govorahu da je Jovan ustao iz mrtvijeh, 8A jedni da se Ilija pojavio, a jedni da je ustao koji od starijeh proroka. 9I reèe Irod: Jovana ja posjekoh; ali ko je to o kome ja takova èudesa slušam? I željaše ga vidjeti. 10I vrativši se apostoli kazaše mu šta su poèinili. I uzevši ih otide nasamo u pustinju kod grada koji se zvaše Vitsaida. 11A narod razumjevši poðe za njim, i primivši ih govoraše im o carstvu Božijemu i iscjeljivaše koji trebahu iscjeljivanja.

Commemorations

Holy Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of the Church of Antioch (312)

He was born in Samosata in Syria (and is sometimes referred to as “Lucian of Samosata”) of noble parents. In his youth he received an excellent education. Though a privileged life was open to him, he gave all his goods away to the poor and embraced a life of asceticism, supporting himself writing and tutoring. He produced an edition of the Old Testament, freeing it from various corruptions introduced by heretics. He was made a priest in Antioch, where he served the Church faithfully. During the persecutions of Maximian, he was arrested while visiting Nicomedia to strengthen the faithful there. He was cast into prison for his faith and allowed to perish of hunger and thirst. Saint John Chrysostom wrote of him: “He scorned hunger; let us also scorn luxury and destroy the lordship of the stomach; that we may, when the time comes for us to meet such torture, be prepared beforehand, by the help of a lesser ascesis, to show ourselves worthy of glory in the hour of battle.”