1 Corinthians 5.9-6.11 (Epistle)

9Pisah vam u poslanici da se ne miješate s kurvarima; 10I to ja ne rekoh za kurvare ovoga svijeta, ili tvrdice, ili hajduke, ili idolopoklonike; jer biste morali iziæi iz svijeta. 11A sad vam pisah da se ne miješate ako koji koji se brat zove, postane kurvar, ili tvrdica, ili idolopoklonik, ili kavgadžija, ili pijanica, ili hajduk; s takovima da i ne jedete. 12Jer šta je meni stalo da sudim i one koji su napolju? Ne sudite li vi one koji su unutra? 13A one koji su napolju sudiæe Bog. Izvadite zloga izmeðu sebe.

1Smije li koji od vas, kad ima tužbu na drugoga, iæi na sud nepravednima, a ne svetima? 2Ne znate li da æe sveti suditi svijetu? Kad æete dakle vi svijetu suditi nijeste li vrijedni suditi manjijem stvarima? 3Ne znate li da æemo anðelima suditi, akamoli stvarima ovoga svijeta? 4A vi kad imate tužbe za stvari ovoga svijeta, uzmete za sudije one koje u crkvi ne broji niko ni u što! 5Na sramotu vašu govorim: zar nema meðu vama nijednoga mudra koji može rasuditi meðu braæom svojom? 6Nego se brat s bratom sudi, i to pred nevjernima! 7I to je veæ vrlo sramno za vas da imate tužbe meðu sobom. Zašto radije ne trpite nepravdu? Zašto radije ne pregorite štetu? 8Nego vi sami èinite nepravdu i štetu, pa još braæi! 9Ili ne znate da nepravednici neæe naslijediti carstva Božijega? Ne varajte se: ni kurvari, ni idolopoklonici, ni preljuboèinci, ni adžuvani, ni muželožnici, 10Ni lupeži, ni lakomci, ni pijanice, ni kavgadžije, ni hajduci, carstva Božijega neæe naslijediti. 11I ovakovi bijaste neki; nego se opraste i posvetiste i opravdaste imenom Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista i Duhom Boga našega.

Matthew 13.54-58 (Gospel)

54I došavši na postojbinu svoju, uèaše ih po zbornicama njihovijem tako da mu se divljahu, i govorahu: otkud ovome premudrost ova i moæi? 55Nije li ovo drvodjeljin sin? ne zove li se mati njegova Marija, i braæa njegova Jakov, i Josija, i Simon, i Juda? 56I sestre njegove nijesu li sve kod nas? Otkud njemu ovo sve? 57I sablažnjavahu se o njega. A Isus reèe im: nema proroka bez èasti osim na postojbini svojoj i u domu svojemu. 58I ne stvori ondje èudesa mnogijeh za nevjerstvo njihovo.

Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel

On this day all the many visitations and miracles of the holy Archangel, recorded in Holy Scripture and ever since, are commemorated. This feast duplicates the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel that is celebrated on March 26, the day after Annunciation; it is thought that it was added to the calendar here some time in the ninth century, so that it could be celebrated more festively outside of Great Lent.

Holy Martyr Golinduc of Persia (6th c.)

She was a Persian noblewoman during the reign of Chosroës II (590-628). Through a vision of an angel, she came to belief in Christ and received holy baptism; her name in baptism was Maria. Her furious husband reported her to King Chosroës, who had her thrown into a foul dungeon known as Oblivion for eighteen years. During these years she was repeatedly told to renounce Christ and was tormented in many ways. She was thrown to venomous snakes, which refused to harm her. Some lawless young men were sent to her cell to defile her, but God made her invisible to them. Many Persians, amazed and inspired by her patient sufferings, accepted Christ. She was finally set free through the visitation of an angel, traveled to Jerusalem and Constantinople, and reposed in peace.

She is commemorated July 12 on the Slavic calendar.

Saint Julian, Bishop of Cenomanis (Le Mans) (1st c.)

He was made bishop by the Apostle Peter and sent to Gaul as a missionary. Some believe that he was Simon the Leper, whom the Lord healed, later named Julian in Baptism. In Gaul, despite great difficulty and privation, he converted many to faith in Christ and worked many miracles — healing the sick, driving out demons, and even raising the dead. In time the local prince, Defenson, was baptised along with many of his subjects. He reposed in peace.

Repose of Photios Kontoglou (1965) (June 30 OC)

He is called “Blessed Photios” by many, but has not yet been officially glorified. In the twentieth century, he almost singlehandedly restored the practice of true Byzantine iconography to the Church. He was born in 1895 in one of the many Greek towns of Asia Minor. He and his family fled to Greece during the “exchange of populations” of 1923, when more than a million Greeks were driven from Turkey and resettled in Greece. He studied to be a secular artist, but was increasingly drawn to Byzantine iconography, the practice of which had almost disappeared: he learned the iconographic ethos and technique by copying ancient models and studying with the few monks on the Holy Mountain who still practiced true iconography. Initially his work was scorned, since secular western standards had come to dominate even the art of the Church. Slowly, through his tireless labors, an understanding of Orthodoxy iconography was restored to the Church, not only in Greece, but throughout the world. Though married, he lived his life in poverty, often donating his work to churches or performing it for nominal fees. His deeply spiritual writings are greatly honored in Greece, though most remain untranslated into English.