14. октобар 2027.
Thursday of the 17th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)
Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)
Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

Scripture Readings

Ephesians 4.14-19 (Epistle)

14Da ne budemo više mala djeca, koju ljulja i zanosi svaki vjetar nauke, u laži èovjeèijoj, putem prijevare; 15Nego vladajuæi se po istini u ljubavi da u svemu uzrastemo u onome koji je glava, Hristos. 16Iz kojega je sve tijelo sastavljeno i sklopljeno svakijem zglavkom, da jedno drugome pomaže dobro po mjeri svakoga uda, i èini da raste tijelo na popravljanje samoga sebe u ljubavi. 17Ovo dakle govorim i svjedoèim u Gospodu da više ne hodite kao što hode i ostali neznabošci u praznosti uma svojega, 18Koji imaju smisao tamom pokriven, i udaljeni su od života Božijega za neznanje koje je u njima, za okamenjenje srca svojijeh; 19Koji ostavivši poštenje predadoše se besramnosti, na èinjenje svake neèistote i lakomstva.

Luke 9.7-11 (Gospel)

7A kad èu Irod èetverovlasnik šta on èini, ne mogaše se naèuditi, jer neki govorahu da je Jovan ustao iz mrtvijeh, 8A jedni da se Ilija pojavio, a jedni da je ustao koji od starijeh proroka. 9I reèe Irod: Jovana ja posjekoh; ali ko je to o kome ja takova èudesa slušam? I željaše ga vidjeti. 10I vrativši se apostoli kazaše mu šta su poèinili. I uzevši ih otide nasamo u pustinju kod grada koji se zvaše Vitsaida. 11A narod razumjevši poðe za njim, i primivši ih govoraše im o carstvu Božijemu i iscjeljivaše koji trebahu iscjeljivanja.

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)

These martyrs contested for the faith in Milan, and were beheaded under the Emperor Nero. Many years later, their relics were discovered by St Ambrose through a vision, and were given honorable burial.

Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)

He was from Jerusalem. An orphan, he was adopted into the family of St John of Damascus (commemorated December 4). He became Bishop of Maiuma, a city on the coast of Palestine, which was later named Constantia. Like his adoptive brother he became a noted hymnographer: The Canon of the Cross (Sept. 14) and the Canon for Christ’s Nativity, “Christ is born, give ye glory…” are his compositions.

Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

He was the first Russian prince to forsake the world and enter monastic life, at the Lavra of the Kiev Caves. Though his brothers according to the flesh tried to turn him back from his chosen path, he embraced monastic life zealously, amazing his fellow-monks by his humility and piety. Despite his rank, he insisted upon being treated like the simplest novice, performing the meanest tasks joyfully. In time his abbot allowed him to withdraw from the common life, living entirely in his cell in constant prayer. He reposed in peace in 1143. A few months later his brother Prince Iziaslav was healed of a grave illness when he put on St Nicholas’ hair shirt and drank some water from the monastery. The Prince asked to be clothed in the hairshirt on the day of his death.