30. јул 2026.
Thursday of the 9th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy
Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251)
Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania.

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 14.6-19 (Epistle)

6A sad, braæo, ako doðem k vama jezike govoreæi, kaku æu korist uèiniti ako vam ne govorim ili u otkrivenju, ili u razumu, ili u proroštvu, ili u nauci? 7Kao neke stvari bezdušne koje daju glas, bila svirala ili gusle, ako razlièna glasa ne daju, kako æe se razumjeti šta se svira ili gudi? 8Jer ako truba da nerazgovijetan glas, ko æe se pripraviti na boj? 9Tako i vi ako nerazumljivu rijeè reèete jezikom, kako æe se razumjeti šta govorite? Jer æete govoriti u vjetar. 10Ima na svijetu Bog zna koliko razliènijeh glasova, ali nijedan nije bez znaèenja. 11Ako dakle ne znam sile glasa, biæu nijemac onome kome govorim, i onaj koji govori biæe meni nijemac. 12Tako i vi, buduæi da se starate za duhovne darove, gledajte da budete onima bogati koji su na popravljanje crkve. 13Zato koji govori jezikom neka se moli Bogu da kazuje. 14Jer ako se jezikom molim Bogu, moj se duh moli, a um je moj bez ploda. 15Šta æe se dakle èiniti? Moliæu se Bogu duhom, a moliæu se i umom; hvaliæu Boga duhom, a hvaliæu i umom. 16Jer kad blagosloviš duhom kako æe onaj koji stoji mjesto prostaka reæi amin po tvome blagoslovu, kad ne zna šta govoriš? 17Ti dobro zahvaljuješ, ali se drugi ne popravlja. 18Hvala Bogu mojemu što govorim jezike veæma od sviju vas. 19Ali u crkvi volim pet rijeèi umom svojijem reæi, da se i drugi pomognu, negoli hiljadu rijeèi jezikom.

Matthew 20.17-28 (Gospel)

17I pošavši Isus u Jerusalim uze nasamo dvanaest uèenika na putu, i reèe im: 18Evo idemo u Jerusalim, i sin èovjeèij biæe predan glavarima sveštenièkijem i književnicima; i osudiæe ga na smrt; 19I predaæe ga neznabošcima da mu se rugaju i da ga biju i razapnu; i treæi dan ustaæe. 20Tada pristupi k njemu mati sinova Zevedejevijeh sa svojijem sinovima klanjajuæi mu se i moleæi ga za nešto. 21A on joj reèe: šta hoæeš? Reèe mu: zapovjedi da sjedu ova moja dva sina, jedan s desne strane tebi, a jedan s lijeve strane tebi, u carstvu tvojemu. 22A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe: ne znate šta ištete; možete li piti èašu koju æu ja piti, i krstiti se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim? Rekoše mu: možemo. 23I reèe im: èašu dakle moju ispiæete, i krstiæete se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim; ali da sjedete s desne strane meni i s lijeve, ne mogu ja dati, nego kome je ugotovio otac moj. 24I kad èuše ostalijeh deset uèenika, rasrdiše se na ta dva brata. 25A Isus dozvavši ih reèe: znajte da knezovi narodni zapovijedaju narodu, i poglavari upravljaju njim. 26Ali meðu vama da ne bude tako; nego koji hoæe da bude veæi meðu vama, da vam služi. 27I koji hoæe meðu vama da bude prvi, da vam bude sluga. 28Kao što ni sin èovjeèij nije došao da mu služe, nego da služi i da dušu svoju u otkup da za mnoge.

Commemorations

Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy

St Silas was a companion and fellow-worker of the Apostle Paul (see Acts 15). He became Bishop of Corinth and reposed in peace. St Silvanus became Bishop of Thessalonica and reposed in peace. St Crescens, mentioned by St Paul in 2 Timothy 4:10, became Bishop of Chalcedon. St Epenetus, praised by St Paul in Romans 16:5 as “my well-beloved Epenetus, the first-fruits of Achaia” (that is the first Christian from the Greek land) became Bishop of Carthage. St Andronicus and his fellow-worker Junia are also commemorated May 17.

Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251)

“When the Emperor Decius conquered Babylon, he arrested Polychronius, together with three priests, two deacons and two baptised princes, Eudin and Senis. Polychronius would make no reply before the Emperor, but kept silent, while St Parmenius, one of the priests, spoke for them all. The Emperor took the bishop and priests to Persia, to the city of Kordoba, and had them beheaded with an axe, but he took the princes with him to Rome, threw them first to the wild beasts and then had them slain with the sword. They all suffered with honour in 251.” (Prologue)

Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania.

She was the daughter of Scanderbeg, Albania’s national hero. She married Stefan, Prince of Serbia, a kinsman of Scanderbeg who sought refuge in his court. Stefan, a gentle, God-fearing man, had been blinded by the Turkish Sultan. Princess Angelina, loving him despite his loss of his vision and his worldly kingdom, married him with her father’s blessing. Together they had two sons, George and John. When their sons were grown, Albania was ravaged by an invasion of the Turks. Stefan, with Angelina and their sons, fled to Italy, where they lived until his repose in 1468. The widowed Angelina buried her husband in his Serbian homeland and devoted her remaining years to good works. Her elder son George gave up his princely title and entered monastic life. John married but died without children in 1503. When Angelina had outlived her two sons as well as her husband she too entered monastic life. She was buried with her sons at Krušedol monastery in northern Serbia. There her miracle-working relics are venerated to this day, and a service is held each year in her memory. She, her husband and her two sons are all glorified as saints of the Church.