Orthodox Calendar

22. јул 2026.
Wednesday of the 8th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

  • Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 10.12-22 (Epistle)

12Jer koji misli da stoji neka se èuva da ne padne. 13Drugo iskušenje ne doðe na vas osim èovjeèijega; ali je vjeran Bog koji vas neæe pustiti da se iskušate veæma nego što možete, nego æe uèiniti s iskušanjem i kraj, da možete podnijeti. 14Zato, ljubazna braæo moja, bjegajte od idolopoklonstva. 15Kao mudrima govorim; sudite vi šta govorim. 16Èaša blagoslova koju blagosiljamo nije li zajednica krvi Hristove? Hljeb koji lomimo nije li zajednica tijela Hristova? 17Jer smo jedan hljeb, jedno tijelo mnogi; jer svi u jednome hljebu imamo zajednicu. 18Gledajte Izrailja po tijelu: koji jedu žrtve nijesu li zajednièari oltara? 19Šta dakle govorim? da je idol što? ili idolska žrtva da je što? 20Nije; nego što žrtvuju neznabošci, da ðavolima žrtvuju, a ne Bogu; a ja neæu da ste vi zajednièari s ðavolima. 21Ne možete piti èaše Gospodnje i èaše ðavolske; ne možete imati zajednice u trpezi Gospodnjoj i u trpezi ðavolskoj. 22Ili da prkosimo Gospodu? Eda li smo mi jaèi od njega?

Matthew 16.20-24 (Gospel)

20Tada zaprijeti Isus uèenicima svojijem da nikom ne kazuju da je on Hristos. 21Od tada poèe Isus kazivati uèenicima svojijem da njemu valja iæi u Jerusalim, i mnogo postradati od starješina i od glavara sveštenièkijeh i književnika, i da æe ga ubiti, i treæi dan da æe ustati. 22I uzevši ga Petar poèe ga odvraæati govoreæi: Bože saèuvaj! to neæe biti od tebe. 23A on se obrnuvši reèe Petru: idi od mene sotono; ti si mi sablazan; jer ne misliš što je Božije nego ljudsko. 24Tada Isus reèe uèenicima svojijem: ako ko hoæe za mnom iæi, neka se odreèe sebe, i uzme krst svoj i ide za mnom.

Commemorations

Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene

She was from the town of Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, for which reason she is called “Magdalene.” The Lord Jesus cast out seven demons from her, after which she became His faithful disciple, following Him even to the Cross when most of His disciples had fled. With the other holy Myrrh-bearers, she prepared the spices to anoint His body and carried them to His tomb. There she was one of the first witnesses to the Resurrection, and the first to proclaim it.

Various traditions hold that, after Christ’s ascension, she traveled to Rome, where she presented the Emperor with a red egg and proclaimed “Christ is Risen!” For this reason her icons often show her holding a red egg, and from this the tradition of distributing red eggs at Pascha is said to have arisen. She is then said to have travelled to Ephesus where she helped St John the Theologian in his gospel ministry before reposing there.

Mary Magdalene is sometimes identified with the “sinful woman” of the Gospels, but this is not the Church’s tradition. Neither the Gospels nor the sacred hymnography of the Church make this connection.

The name ‘Madeleine’ is a form of ‘Magdalene’.