Orthodox Calendar

5. децембар 2027.
24th Sunday after Pentecost

Nativity Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed

Feasts

  • Ven. Sabbas the Sanctified

Commemorations

  • Our Venerable, Godbearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified (533)
  • St Cosmas the Protos of Mount Athos and his companions (ca. 1274)

Scripture Readings

Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)

Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)

Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)

Mark 16.1-8 (2nd Matins Gospel)

1I pošto proðe subota, Marija Magdalina i Marija Jakovljeva i Solomija kupiše mirisa da doðu i da pomažu Isusa. 2I vrlo rano u prvi dan nedjelje doðoše na grob oko sunèanoga roðaja. 3I govorahu meðu sobom: ko æe nam odvaliti kamen od vrata grobnijeh? 4I pogledavši vidješe da kamen bješe odvaljen: jer bješe vrlo veliki. 5I ušavši u grob vidješe mladiæa obuèena u bijelu haljinu gdje sjedi s desne strane; i uplašiše se. 6A on im reèe: ne plašite se, Isusa tražite Nazareæanina raspetoga; usta, nije ovdje, evo mjesto gdje ga metnuše. 7Nego idite kažite uèenicima njegovijem i Petru da pred vama otide u Galileju: tamo æete ga vidjeti, kao što vam reèe. 8I izišavši pobjegoše od groba; jer ih uhvati drhat i strah; i nikom ništa ne kazaše, jer se bojahu.

Ephesians 2.14-22 (Epistle)

14Jer je on mir naš, koji oboje sastavi u jedno, i razvali plot koji je rastavljao, neprijateljstvo, tijelom svojijem. 15Zakon zapovijesti naukama ukinuvši; da iz oboga naèini sobom jednoga novog èovjeka, èineæi mir; 16I da pomiri s Bogom oboje u jednom tijelu krstom, ubivši neprijateljstvo na njemu. 17I došavši propovjedi u jevanðelju mir vama daljnima i onima koji su blizu. 18Jer on dovede k ocu oboje u jednom duhu. 19Tako dakle više nijeste tuði i došljaci, nego živite sa svetima i domaæi ste Bogu, 20Nazidani na temelju apostola i proroka, gdje je kamen od ugla sam Isus Hristos, 21Na kome sva graðevina sastavljena raste za crkvu svetu u Gospodu; 22Na kome æete se i vi sazidati za stan Božij u duhu.

Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle, St Sabbas)

22A rod je duhovni ljubav, radost, mir, trpljenje, dobrota, milost, vjera, 23Krotost, uzdržanje; na to nema zakona. 24A koji su Hristovi, raspeše tijelo sa slastima i željama. 25Ako u duhu živimo, po duhu i da hodimo, 26Da ne tražimo lažne slave razdražujuæi jedan drugoga, i zavideæi jedan drugome.

1Braæo! ako i upadne èovjek u kakav grijeh, vi duhovni ispravljajte takovoga duhom krotosti, èuvajuæi sebe da i ti ne budeš iskušan. 2Nosite bremena jedan drugoga, i tako æete ispuniti zakon Hristov.

Luke 17.12-19 (Gospel)

12I kad ulažaše u jedno selo sretoše ga deset gubavijeh ljudi, koji staše izdaleka, 13I podigoše glas govoreæi: Isuse uèitelju! pomiluj nas. 14I vidjevši ih reèe im: idite i pokažite se sveštenicima. I oni iduæi oèistiše se. 15A jedan od njih vidjevši da se iscijeli povrati se hvaleæi Boga iza glasa, 16I pade nièice pred noge njegove, i zahvali mu. I to bješe Samarjanin. 17A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe: ne iscijeliše li se desetorica? Gdje su dakle devetorica? 18Kako se meðu njima koji ne naðe da se vrati da zahvali Bogu, nego sam ovaj tuðin? 19I reèe mu: ustani, idi; vjera tvoja pomože ti.

Matthew 11.27-30 (Gospel, St Sabas)

27Sve je meni predao otac moj, i niko ne zna sina do otac; niti oca ko zna do sin i ako kome sin hoæe kazati. 28Hodite k meni svi koji ste umorni i natovareni, i ja æu vas odmoriti. 29Uzmite jaram moj na sebe, i nauèite se od mene; jer sam ja krotak i smjeran u srcu, i naæi æete pokoj dušama svojijem. 30Jer je jaram moj blag, i breme je moje lako.

Commemorations

Our Venerable, Godbearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified (533)

“This Saint was born in 439 in Moutalaska, a small village of Cappadocia. He entered the arena of the monastic life from childhood and was under that master trainer of monastics, Euthymius the Great, the teacher of the desert. He became the spiritual father of many monks and an instructor for the monasteries in Palestine, and was appointed leader (archimandrite) of the desert-dwellers of Palestine by the Patriarch of Jerusalem. In his old age he went to Constantinople, to the Emperors Anastasius and Saint Justinian the Great, in behalf of the Orthodox Faith and the dogmas of the Council of Chalcedon. Having lived ninety-four years, he reposed in 533. The Typicon for the ecclesiastical services had its beginning in the monastery established by this righteous one.” (Great Horologion)

St Cosmas the Protos of Mount Athos and his companions (ca. 1274)

“Determined to impose the union of the Churches accepted under pressure at the Council of Lyon (1274) to secure Papal support for the Byzantine Empire, Michael VIII Palaeologos sent troops to Mount Athos, the stronghold of Orthodoxy and centre of opposition to his policy, with orders to take sanguinary measures against monks who would not recognize the false union.

“When the Emperor’s soldiers reached Karyes, the capital of Athos, which was organized as a lavra in those days, they seized the Protos of Athos, who had been an example to all of what a steadfast monk should be. They put him to the sword together with many other fathers there, and in their fury ransacked and fired the Church and monastic buildings, leaving rack and ruin behind them. Emerging from the wild places and thick forests where they had taken refuge, the Orthodox monks buried the holy Martyrs at the entrance to the Church of the Protaton. Through the centuries, generations of monks piously lit the lamp each day above the ‘tomb of the Protos’; but it was not until 5 December 1981 that his relics were solemnly taken from the earth, and that a service was held in his honour in the presence of a great crowd.” (Synaxarion)