13. октобар 2027.
Wednesday of the 17th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Carpus and Papylus, with Agathodorus and Agathonica (251)
Holy Martyr Zlata (Chryse) (1796)

Scripture Readings

Ephesians 3.8-21 (Epistle)

8Meni najmanjemu od sviju svetijeh dade se ova blagodat da objavim meðu neznabošcima neiskazano bogatstvo Hristovo, 9I da otkrijem svima što je služba tajne od postanja svijeta sakrivene u Bogu, koji je sazdao sve kroz Isusa Hrista; 10Da se kroz crkvu sad obznani poglavarstvima i vlastima na nebu mnogorazlièna premudrost Božija, 11Po naredbi vijekova, koju uèini u Hristu Isusu Gospodu našemu, 12U kome imamo slobodu i pristup u nadu vjerom njegovom. 13Zato vas molim da se ne oslabite zbog nevolja mojijeh za vas, koje su slava vaša. 14Toga radi preklanjam koljena svoja pred ocem Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista, 15Po kome se sva èeljad i na nebesima i na zemlji zovu, 16Da vam da silu po bogatstvu slave svoje, da se utvrdite Duhom njegovijem za unutrašnjeg èovjeka, 17Da se Hristos useli vjerom u srca vaša, da budete u ljubavi ukorijenjeni i utemeljeni; 18Da biste mogli razumjeti sa svima svetima što je širina i dužina i dubina i visina, 19I poznati pretežniju od razuma ljubav Hristovu, da se ispunite svakom puninom Božijom. 20A onome koji može još izobilnije sve èiniti što ištemo ili mislimo, po sili koja èini u nama, 21Onome slava u crkvi po Hristu Isusu u sve naraštaje va vijek vijeka. Amin.

Luke 8.22-25 (Gospel)

22I dogodi se u jedan dan on uljeze s uèenicima svojijem u laðu, i reèe im: da prijeðemo na onu stranu jezera. I poðoše. 23A kad iðahu oni on zaspa. I podiže se oluja na jezeru, i topljahu se, i bijahu u velikoj nevolji. 24I pristupivši probudiše ga govoreæi: uèitelju! uèitelju! izgibosmo. A on ustade, i zaprijeti vjetru i valovima; i prestadoše i posta tišina. 25A njima reèe: gdje je vjera vaša? A oni se poplašiše, i èuðahu se govoreæi jedan drugome: ko je ovaj što i vjetrovima i vodi zapovijeda, i slušaju ga?

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Carpus and Papylus, with Agathodorus and Agathonica (251)

Saint Carpus was Bishop of Thyatira, and Papylus was his deacon. In the reign of the Emperor Decius, both were arrested as Christians and put to torture. Agathodorus their servant and Agathonica, Papylus’ sister, willingly followed after them and voluntarily confessed Christ also. After many sufferings, all four were beheaded.

Holy Martyr Zlata (Chryse) (1796)

“Born in the village of Slatina in the Meglin region [of Bulgaria], of poor peasants who had three other daughters, St Zlata was a meek and devout girl, wise with Christ’s wisdom and golden (‘zlata’ means ‘gold’) not only in name but also in her God-fearing heart. When Zlata went out one day to get water, some shameless Turks seized her and carried her off to their house. When one of them urged her to embrace Islam and become his wife, Zlata answered fearlessly: ‘I believe in Christ, and know Him alone as my bridegroom; I shall never deny Him even if you put me to a thousand tortures and cut me into pieces.’ Her parents and sisters then arrived, and said to her: ‘O our daughter, have mercy on yourself and us. Deny Christ publicly, that we can all be happy. Christ is merciful; He will forgive your sin, committed under the pressure of life.’ Her poor parents and kinsfolk wept bitterly. But Zlata’s heroic soul would not be overcome by devilish seduction. She replied to her parents: ‘When you urge me to deny Christ, the true God, you are no longer parents or sisters to me; I have the Lord Jesus Christ as father, the Mother of God as mother and, for brothers and sisters, the saints.’ Then the Turks threw her into prison, where she lay for three months, and they took her out every day and flogged her until her blood flowed onto the ground. Finally, they hanged her upside-down and made a fire to choke her to death with the smoke. But God was with Zlata, and gave her strength in her suffering. At the very end, they hanged her from a tree and cut her into small pieces. Thus this martyr-maiden gave her soul into God’s hands, and entered into the realm of Paradise, in 1796. Pieces of her relics were taken by Christians to their homes, that they might bring a blessing to them.” (Prologue)