Luke 24.1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)

1A u prvi dan nedjeljni doðoše vrlo rano na grob, i donesoše mirise što pripraviše, i neke druge žene s njima; 2Ali naðoše kamen odvaljen od groba. 3I ušavši ne naðoše tijela Gospoda Isusa. 4I kad se one èuðahu tome, gle, dva èovjeka staše pred njima u sjajnijem haljinama; 5A kad se one uplašiše i oboriše lica k zemlji, rekoše im: što tražite živoga meðu mrtvima? 6Nije ovdje; nego ustade; opomenite se kako vam kaza kad bješe još u Galileji, 7Govoreæi da sin èovjeèij treba da se preda u ruke ljudi grješnika i da se razapne i treæi dan da ustane. 8I opomenuše se rijeèi njegovijeh. 9I vrativši se od groba javiše sve ovo jedanaestorici i svima ostalijem. 10A to bijaše Magdalina Marija i Jovana i Marija Jakovljeva i ostale s njima koje kazaše ovo apostolima. 11I njima se uèiniše njihove rijeèi kao laž, i ne vjerovaše im. 12A Petar ustavši otrèa ka grobu, i natkuèivši se vidje same haljine gdje leže, i otide èudeæi se u sebi šta bi.

1 Timothy 4.9-15 (Epistle)

9Ovo je istinita rijeè i dostojna svakoga primanja. 10Jer se zato i trudimo i bivamo sramotni, jer se uzdamo u Boga živa, koji je spasitelj svima ljudima, a osobito vjernima. 11Ovo zapovijedaj i uèi. 12Niko da ne postane nemarljiv za tvoju mladost; nego budi ugled vjernima u rijeèi, u življenju, u ljubavi, u duhu, u vjeri, u èistoti. 13Dokle doðem pazi na èitanje, utješavanje i uèenje. 14Ne pusti u nemar dar u sebi koji ti je dan po proroštvu metnuvši starješine ruke na tebe. 15U ovom se pouèavaj, u ovom stoj, da se napredak tvoj pokaže u svemu.

Luke 19.1-10 (Gospel)

1I kad uðe u Jerihon i prolažaše kroza nj, 2I gle, èovjek po imenu Zakhej, koji bješe starješina carinièki, i bješe bogat, 3I iskaše da vidi Isusa da ga pozna; i ne mogaše od naroda, jer bješe maloga rasta; 4I potrèavši naprijed, pope se na dud da ga vidi; jer mu je onuda trebalo proæi. 5I kad doðe Isus na ono mjesto, pogledavši gore vidje ga, i reèe mu: Zakheju! siði brzo; jer mi danas valja biti u tvojoj kuæi. 6I siðe brzo; i primi ga radujuæi se. 7I svi, kad vidješe, vikahu na njega govoreæi da grješnome èovjeku doðe u kuæu. 8A Zakhej stade i reèe Gospodu: Gospode! evo pola imanja svojega daæu siromasima, i ako sam koga zanio vratiæu onoliko èetvoro. 9A Isus mu reèe: danas doðe spasenije kuæi ovoj; jer je i ovo sin Avraamov. 10Jer je sin èovjeèij došao da naðe i spase što je izgubljeno.

Our Holy Father Auxentius (470)

He was of Persian origin, born in Syria. As a young man, he distinguished himself as a member of the court of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger. Seeing the vanity of the world’s honors and pleasures, he became a monk in Constantinople; but when the people began to praise his holiness, he fled to Mount Oxeia near Chalcedon, which later became known as Auxentius’ Mountain. There he built a small hut and lived in reclusion; but in time he was discovered by some shepherds, and the faithful began to come in increasing numbers for his teaching, blessing, prayers and healing. He performed countless miracles, but such was his humility that he always sought to avoid their being attributed to him. When he was asked to pray for someone’s healing, he would try to refuse, saying “I too am a sinful man.” But, when he was prevailed on by the pleas of the people, he would call on all of them to pray together for the healing; or he would remind them that God would give according to their faith; or he would say to the sick person “The Lord Jesus Christ heals you.” When the Emperor Marcian summoned the Fourth Ecumenical Council to Chalcedon, he ordered that the hermit join the assembly of holy Fathers. Auxentius refused, saying that doctrinal teaching was the province of bishops, not monks. The Emperor’s envoys took him by force. He was greeted with honor by the Emperor, and affirmed all the decisions of the Council.

He never returned to Mount Oxeia, but settled in an even wilder and more remote spot on Mount Skopa, which later came to be called Mount St Auxentius. His disciples built him a tiny wooden hut with one small window through which he could converse with his steady stream of visitors. He reposed in peace in 470. A great crowd gathered for his funeral, and his holy relics were taken into the care of a women’s monastery whose spiritual Father he had been.

Mount St Auxentius soon became a center of hesychastic life, with seven monasteries.

Saint Cyril, Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of the Slavs (869)

See the joint commemoration of Sts Cyril and Methodius on May 11.

Venerable Maron the Hermit of Syria (ca. 423)

This ascetic and wonderworker was a friend of St John Chrysostom. Read his life here.