5. август 2026.
Wednesday of the 10th week after Pentecost

Dormition Fast

Commemorations

Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)
Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)
Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 16.4-12 (Epistle)

4A ako bude vrijedno da i ja idem, poæi æe sa mnom. 5A k vama æu doæi kad proðem Maæedoniju, jer æu proæi kroz Maæedoniju. 6A u vas može biti da æu se zabaviti, ili i zimovati, da me vi pratite kud poðem. 7Sad vas u prolaženju neæu vidjeti, a nadam se neko vrijeme ostati kod vas, ako Gospod dopusti. 8A u Efesu æu ostati do Trojièina dne; 9Jer mi se otvoriše velika i bogata vrata, i protivnika ima mnogo. 10A ako doðe Timotije, gledajte da bude kod vas bez straha; jer on radi djelo Gospodnje kao i ja. 11Da ga niko dakle ne prezre, nego ga ispratite s mirom da doðe k meni; jer ga èekam s braæom. 12A za brata Apola, mnogo ga molih da doðe k vama s braæom: i nikako ne bješe mu volja da sad doðe; ali æe doæi kad imadbude kad.

Matthew 21.28-32 (Gospel)

28Šta vam se èini? Èovjek neki imaše dva sina; i došavši k prvome reèe: sine! idi danas radi u vinogradu mome. 29A on odgovarajuæi reèe: neæu; a poslije se raskaja i otide. 30I pristupivši k drugome reèe tako. A on odgovarajuæi reèe: hoæu, gospodaru; i ne otide. 31Koji je od ove dvojice ispunio volju oèinu? Rekoše mu: prvi. Reèe im Isus: zaista vam kažem da æe carinici i kurve prije vas uæi u carstvo Božije. 32Jer doðe k vama Jovan putem pravednijem, i ne vjerovaste mu; a carinici i kurve vjerovaše mu; i vi pošto vidjeste to, ne raskajaste se da mu vjerujete.

Commemorations

Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)

He was a soldier in the Imperial army beginning under the pagan Emperor Maximian. He was a general under Constantine, and saw the Cross that appeared to the Emperor. After sixty years of military service, he retired to his home town and devoted himself to prayer, fasting and good works. A townsman, angry with a judgment that Eusignius had made to settle a dispute, denounced him to Julian the Apostate as a Christian. Summoned before Julian, he vigorously rebuked the Emperor for his apostasy from the Faith; for this he was beheaded, in advanced old age, in 362.

Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)

He was born in Rome and became a humble village priest; but when he was attending the election of a new Pope, a white dove was seen to descend on him and he was chosen to be Pope. Though humble and gentle, he was fearless for the faith, gathering the bodies of the martyrs, giving them burial, and building churches and shrines over their relics. According to the Prologue, he baptized the Emperor Philip and his son, also named Philip, as well as the senator Pontius; thus there were Christian emperors before St Constantine the Great. When Decius became Emperor, the persecution of Christians returned with terrible force, and Fabian was beheaded.

Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian

In her own lifetime she was a wonderworker through her holy prayers. She brought her husband back from idolatry to Christian faith; he later became bishop of Nazianzus. Her son Gregory’s profound and devout writings bespeak the Christian upbringing she gave him. By her prayers she once saved St Gregory from perishing in a storm. She was a deaconess, and reposed in peace in 374.