17. јун 2026.
Wednesday of the 3rd week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast

Commemorations

Martyrs Manuel, Sabael, and Ismael of Persia (362)
Our Holy Father Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe (680)

Scripture Readings

Romans 8.2-13 (Epistle)

2Jer zakon duha koji oživljava u Hristu Isusu, oprostio me je od zakona grjehovnoga i smrti. 3Jer što zakonu bješe nemoguæe, jer bješe oslabljen tijelom, posla Bog sina svojega u oblièju tijela grjehovnoga, i za grijeh osudi grijeh u tijelu, 4Da se pravda zakona ispuni u nama koji ne živimo po tijelu nego po duhu; 5Jer koji su po tijelu tjelesno misle, a koji su po duhu duhovno misle. 6Jer tjelesno mudrovanje smrt je, a duhovno mudrovanje život je i mir. 7Jer tjelesno mudrovanje neprijateljstvo je Bogu, jer se ne pokorava zakonu Božijemu niti može. 8A koji su u tijelu ne mogu Bogu ugoditi. 9A vi nijeste u tijelu nego u duhu; jer Duh Božij u vama živi. A ako ko nema Duha Hristova, on nije njegov. 10A ako je Hristos u vama, onda je tijelo mrtvo grijeha radi a Duh živ pravde radi. 11A ako li živi u vama Duh onoga koji je vaskrsao Isusa iz mrtvijeh, onaj koji je podigao Hrista iz mrtvijeh oživljeæe i vaša smrtna tjelesa Duhom svojijem koji živi u vama. 12Tako dakle, braæo, nijesmo dužni tijelu da po tijelu živimo. 13Jer ako živite po tijelu, pomrijeæete; ako li duhom poslove tjelesne morite, življeæete.

Matthew 10.16-22 (Gospel)

16Eto, ja vas šaljem kao ovce meðu vukove: budite dakle mudri kao zmije i bezazleni kao golubovi. 17A èuvajte se od ljudi; jer æe vas oni predati sudovima, i po zbornicama svojijem biæe vas. 18I pred vlastelje i careve vodiæe vas mene radi za svjedoèanstvo njima i neznabošcima. 19A kad vas predadu, ne brinite se kako æete ili šta æete govoriti; jer æe vam se u onaj èas dati šta æete kazati. 20Jer vi neæete govoriti, nego Duh oca vašega govoriæe iz vas. 21A predaæe brat brata na smrt i otac sina; i ustaæe djeca na roditelje i pobiæe ih. 22I svi æe mrziti na vas imena mojega radi; ali koji pretrpi do kraja blago njemu.

Commemorations

Martyrs Manuel, Sabael, and Ismael of Persia (362)

“The holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ishmael, Persians by race and brethren according to the flesh, were sent by the Persian King as ambassadors to Julian the Apostate to negotiate a peace treaty. While with him at a place near Chalcedon, they refused to join him in offering sacrifice to his idols. Scorning the immunity universally accorded ambassadors, he had them slain in the year 362. This was a cause of the war with Persia in which Julian perished miserably the following year.” (Great Horologion)

Our Holy Father Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe (680)

‘Saint Botolph was born in Britain about the year 610 and in his youth became a monk in Gaul. The sisters of Ethelmund, King of East Anglia, who were also sent to Gaul to learn the monastic discipline, met Saint Botolph, and learning of his intention to return to Britain, bade their brother the King grant him land on which to found a monastery. Hearing the King’s offer, Saint Botolph asked for land not already in any man’s possession, not wishing that his gain should come through another’s loss, and chose a certain desolate place called Ikanhoe. At his coming, the demons inhabiting Ikanhoe rose up against him with tumult, threats, and horrible apparitions, but the Saint drove them away with the sign of the Cross and his prayer. Through his monastery he established in England the rule of monastic life that he had learned in Gaul. He worked signs and wonders, had the gift of prophecy, and “was distinguished for his sweetness of disposition and affability.” In the last years of his life he bore a certain painful sickness with great patience, giving thanks like Job and continuing to instruct his spiritual children in the rules of the monastic life. He fell asleep in peace about the year 680. His relics were later found incorrupt, and giving off a sweet fragrance. The place where he founded his monastery came to be called “Botolphson” (from either “Botolph’s stone” or “Botolph’s town”) which was later contracted to “Boston.”’ (Great Horologion)