11. септембар 2026.
Friday of the 15th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

Our Holy Mother Theodora of Alexandria (490)
St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.)
St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.)
Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)

Scripture Readings

Galatians 4.8-21 (Epistle)

8Ali tada ne znajuæi Boga služiste onima koji po sebi nijesu bogovi. 9A sad poznavši Boga, i još poznati bivši od Boga, kako se vraæate opet na slabe i rðave stihije, kojima opet iznova hoæete da služite? 10Gledate na dane i mjesece, i vremena i godine. 11Bojim se za vas da se ne budem uzalud trudio oko vas. 12Budite kao ja što sam; jer sam ja kao vi što ste. Braæo! molim vas, ništa mi ne uèiniste nažao. 13A znate da vam u slabosti tijela najprije propovjedih jevanðelje; 14I napasti moje, koja bijaše tijelu mome, ne prezreste, ni popljuvaste, nego me primiste kao anðela Božijega, kao Hrista Isusa. 15Kakovo bijaše onda vaše blaženstvo? Jer vam svjedoèim da biste, kad bi moguæe bilo, izvadili oèi svoje i dali meni. 16Tijem li vam postadoh neprijatelj istinu vam govoreæi? 17Oni ne revnuju dobro za vas, nego hoæe da vas odvoje, da im revnujete. 18A dobro je revnovati svagda u dobru, i ne samo kad sam ja kod vas. 19Djeèice moja, koju opet s mukom raðam, dokle Hristovo oblièje ne postane u vama; 20Ali bih htio sad da sam kod vas, i da izmijenim glas svoj, jer ne mogu da se naèudim za vas. 21Kažite mi, vi koji hoæete pod zakonom da budete, ne slušate li zakona?

Mark 6.45-53 (Gospel)

45I odmah natjera uèenike svoje da uðu u laðu i da idu naprijed na onu stranu u Vitsaidu dok on otpusti narod. 46I otpustivši ih otide na goru da se pomoli Bogu. 47I uveèe bijaše laða nasred mora, a on sam na zemlji. 48I vidje ih gdje se muèahu veslajuæi: jer im bijaše protivan vjetar. I oko èetvrte straže noæne doðe k njima iduæi po moru; i šæadijaše da ih mimoiðe. 49A oni vidjevši ga gdje ide po moru mišljahu da je utvara, i povikaše; 50Jer ga svi vidješe i poplašiše se. I odmah progovori s njima, i reèe im: ne bojte se, ja sam, ne plašite se. 51I uðe k njima u laðu, i utoli vjetar; i vrlo se uplašiše, i divljahu se. 52Jer ih ne nauèiše hljebovi; jer se bijaše srce njihovo okamenilo. 53I prešavši doðoše u zemlju Genisaretsku; i stadoše u kraj.

Commemorations

Our Holy Mother Theodora of Alexandria (490)

While a young married woman, she committed adultery with another man. Seized by remorse, she fled her husband’s house, dressed herself as a man, renamed herself Theodore, and entered a men’s monastery, pretending to be a eunuch. “Theodore“‘s fasts, prayers, vigils and tears amazed “his” brethren. Her secret was only discovered after her death. She had spent nine full years devoting her life to repentance for one sin. During her life she showed herself to be a wonderworker, taming wild beasts and healing sicknesses. Her husband came to her funeral, then lived until his death in the cell of his former wife.

St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.)

His icon is found in countless Orthodox kitchens. A simple and holy man, when he entered monastic life in Alexandria he was judged unfit for any service more demanding than kitchen work. There he labored without complaint, looked down upon by most of the other monks. One night the abbot dreamed that he was in Paradise, and there met Euphrosynos, who gave him a branch that bore three fragrant apples. Awakening, the abbot found the same apples on his pillow. He hurried to find Euphrosynos and asked him, `Where were you last night, brother?’ Euphrosynos only replied, `Where were you, Father?’ The abbot gathered the monks and told them the wonderful story, by which they all realized the cook’s holiness. But Euphrosynos, unwilling to endure the praise of men, fled the monastery for the desert.

St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.)

“A bishop of the Egyptian Thebaid, he suffered greatly for the Orthodox faith: heretics put out one of his eyes and broke his left leg. He took part in the First Ecumenical Council, refuting the Arian heresy with great power. The Emperor Constantine valued him greatly and often kissed him on the missing eye, lost for the truth of Orthodoxy. At the council, he stood in opposition to the western representatives, who proposed that secular priests be completely forbidden to marry. He was chaste throughout the whole of his life.” (Prologue)

Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)

She is commemorated on January 24.