Orthodox Calendar

2. новембар 2026.
Monday of the 23rd week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

  • Holy Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anempodistus of Persia (376)

Scripture Readings

1 Thessalonians 1.1-5 (Epistle)

1Od Pavla i Silvana i Timotija crkvi Solunskoj u Bogu ocu i Gospodu Isusu Hristu: blagodat vam i mir od Boga oca našega i Gospoda Isusa Hrista. 2Zahvaljujemo Bogu svagda za sve vas spominjuæi vas u molitvama svojima, 3I spominjuæi bez prestanka vaše djelo vjere, i trud ljubavi, i trpljenje nada Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista, pred Bogom i ocem našijem, 4Znajuæi, braæo ljubazna, od Boga izbor vaš. 5Jer jevanðelje naše ne bi k vama samo u rijeèi nego i u sili i u Duhu svetome, i u velikom priznanju, kao što znate kakovi bismo meðu vama vas radi.

Luke 11.29-33 (Gospel)

29A narodu koji se skupljaše stade govoriti: rod je ovaj zao; ište znak, i neæe mu se dati znak osim znaka Jone proroka; 30Jer kako što Jona bi znak Ninevljanima, tako æe i sin èovjeèij biti rodu ovome. 31Carica južna iziæi æe na sud s ljudima roda ovoga, i osudiæe ih; jer ona doðe s kraja zemlje da sluša premudrost Solomunovu: a gle, ovdje je veæi od Solomuna. 32Ninevljani iziæi æe na sud s rodom ovijem, i osudiæe ga; jer se pokajaše pouèenjem Joninijem: a gle, ovdje je veæi od Jone. 33Niko ne meæe zapaljene svijeæe na sakriveno mjesto, niti pod sud, nego na svijeænjak da vide svjetlost koji ulaze.

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anempodistus of Persia (376)

Acindynus, Pegasius and Anempodistus were courtiers to King Shapur II of Persia. When the king began a fierce persecution of Christians, the three withdrew from court to a private house and, fearless of their own safety, openly exhorted their fellow-Christians to stand firm in their faith. For this they were arrested and brought before their former lord, who subjected them to many cruel tortures, from which they emerged miraculously unscathed. Seeing this, one of the king’s soldiers, named Aphthonius, embraced the Faith and was immediately beheaded. The former courtiers were then put to further tortures, but their only effect was to convince Elpidophorus, a distinguished nobleman, and seven thousand other Persians to faith in Christ. All were beheaded, but not before receiving holy Baptism. The trials of the three continued, but once again they were preserved, and even the king’s mother was led to the true faith. Finally they were killed (the account does not say how), receiving the crown of martyrdom along with the king’s mother and twenty-eight others.