21. август 2026.
Friday of the 12nd week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44)
Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.)
Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Scripture Readings

2 Corinthians 7.10-16 (Epistle)

10Jer žalost koja je po Bogu donosi za spasenije pokajanje, za koje se nigda ne kaje; a žalost ovoga svijeta smrt donosi. 11Jer, gle, ovo samo što se po Bogu ožalostiste, koliko uèini staranje meðu vama? kakovo pravdanje, kaku nepovoljnost, kakav strah, kaku želju, kaku revnost, kaku osvetu? U svemu pokazaste se da ste èisti u djelu. 12Jer ako vam i pisah, ne onoga radi koji je skrivio, niti onoga radi kome je krivo uèinjeno, nego da se pokaže meðu vama staranje naše za vas pred Bogom. 13Zato se utješismo utjehom vašom; a još se veæma obradovasmo radosti Titovoj, jer vi svi umiriste duh njegov. 14Jer što sam mu se za vas pohvalio, nijesam se posramio; nego kako je sve istina što govorismo vama, tako i pohvala naša k Titu istinita bi. 15I srce je njegovo puno ljubavi k vama kad se opominje poslušanja sviju vas, kako ste ga sa strahom i drktanjem primili. 16Radujem se dakle što se u svemu smijem osloniti na vas.

Mark 2.18-22 (Gospel)

18I bijahu uèenici Jovanovi i farisejski koji pošæahu; i doðoše i rekoše mu: zašto uèenici Jovanovi i farisejski poste a tvoji uèenici ne poste? 19I reèe im Isus: eda li mogu svatovi postiti dok je ženik s njima? Dokle god imaju sa sobom ženika ne mogu postiti. 20Nego æe doæi dni kad æe se oteti od njih ženik, i tada æe postiti u one dne. 21I niko ne prišiva nove zakrpe na staru haljinu; inaèe æe odadrijeti nova zakrpa od staroga, i gora æe rupa biti. 22I niko ne ljeva nova vina u mjehove stare; inaèe novo vino prodre mjehove, i vino se prolije, i mjehovi propadnu; nego novo vino u nove mjehove ljevati treba.

Commemorations

Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44)

He was by birth a Jew from Edessa; it was he who instructed king Avgar in the Faith and baptised him (see August 16). According to Eusebius he is not the Thaddeus who was one of the Twelve (Mt 10:3), but was one of the Seventy. After Christ’s Resurrection, he preached the Gospel in Mesopotamia and ended his life in martyrdom.

Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.)

“Bassa was the wife of a pagan priest, but she was secretly a Christian and brought her sons up in a Christian spirit. Her husband hated her for her faith, and handed her over to the judge for torture, together with her sons. After harsh torture, her sons were beheaded (it is thought, in Edessa in Macedonia). Bassa was filled with joy to see her sons thus gloriously finish their martyr’s course for Christ, and herself went with yet greater desire from torture to torture. When she was thrown into the sea, angels appeared to her and took her to an island in the Sea of Marmara, where she was slain with the sword under Maximian. Thus holy Bassa was in a twofold manner made worthy of the Kingdom of Christ: as a martyr and as the mother of martyrs.” (Prologue)

Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

They are also commemorated on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers, before Nativity.