No Fast
26Jer pogledajte znanje svoje, braæo, da nema ni mnogo premudrijeh po tijelu, ni mnogo silnijeh ni mnogo plemenitijeh; 27Nego što je ludo pred svijetom ono izabra Bog da posrami premudre; i što je slabo pred svijetom ono izabra Bog da posrami jako; 28I što je neplemenito pred svijetom i uništeno izabra Bog, i što nije, da uništi ono što jest, 29Da se ne pohvali nijedno tijelo pred Bogom.
29I kad je izlazio iz Jerihona za njim ide narod mnogi. 30I gle, dva slijepca sjeðahu kraj puta, i èuvši da Isus prolazi povikaše govoreæi: pomiluj nas Gospode, sine Davidov! 31A narod prijeæaše im da uæute; a oni još veæma povikaše govoreæi: pomiluj nas Gospode, sine Davidov! 32I ustavivši se Isus dozva ih, i reèe: šta hoæete da vam uèinim? 33Rekoše mu: Gospode, da se otvore oèi naše. 34I smilova se Isus, i dohvati se oèiju njihovijeh, i odmah progledaše oèi njihove, i otidoše za njim.
He lived in Nicomedia, where he turned many pagans from their idolatry to faith in Christ. For this he and several companions were seized, beaten, bound, and taken to Byzantium. On the way, several of Agathonicus’ companions died from their harsh treatment. The survivors, including Agathonicus himself, were taken to Selyvria in Thrace, where they were tortured before the Emperor himself, then beheaded.
She was born of Christian parents in Barcelona, and dedicated herself to a life of holiness, taking Christ as her bridegroom. When the persecutor Dacian came to Barcelona, Eulalia secretly left her parents’ house by night and came before Dacian, denouncing him in front of many witnesses as a murderer of the innocent, and publicly confessing her faith in Christ. The wicked Dacian had her stripped and beaten, then tied to a tree in the form of a cross, and ordered that her flesh be burned with torches. When her torturer mockingly asked ‘Where is your Christ to save you?’ she answered ‘He is here with me; you cannot see Him because of your impurity.’ When the holy Eulalia died at last under torture, the people saw a white dove fly from her mouth. An unseasonable snowstorm then covered her naked body like a white garment.