1 Peter 3.10-22 (Epistle)

10Jer koji je rad da živi i da vidi dane dobre, neka zadrži jezik svoj od zla, i usne svoje, da ne govore prijevare; 11Neka se ukloni od zla, i neka uèini dobro; neka traži mira i neka se drži njega. 12Jer oèi Gospodnje gledaju na pravednike, i uši njegove na molitvu njihovu; a lice Gospodnje na one koji zlo èine da ih istrijebi sa zemlje. 13I ko može vama nauditi ako uzidete za dobrom? 14Nego ako i stradate pravde radi, blaženi ste. Ali straha njihova ne bojte se, niti se plašite; 15Nego Gospoda Boga svetite u srcima svojijem. A budite svagda gotovi na odgovor svakome koji vas zapita za vaše nadanje. 16S krotošæu i strahom imajte dobru savjest; da ako vas opadaju za što kao zloèince da se postide oni što kude vaše dobro življenje po Hristu. 17Jer je bolje, ako hoæe volja Božija, da stradate dobro èineæi, negoli zlo èineæi. 18Jer i Hristos jedanput za grijehe naše postrada, pravednik za nepravednike, da nas privede k Bogu, ubijen, istina, bivši tijelom, no oživljevši Duhom; 19Kojijem sišavši propovijeda i duhovima koji su u tamnici, 20Koji nekad ne htješe da slušaju kad ih oèekivaše Božije trpljenje u vrijeme Nojevo, kad se graðaše kovèeg, u kome malo, to jest osam duša, ostade od vode. 21Za spomen toga i nas sad spasava krštenje, ali ne pranje tjelesne neèistote, nego obeæanje dobre savjesti Bogu, vaskrsenijem Isusa Hrista. 22Koji je s desne strane Bogu, otišavši na nebo, i slušaju ga anðeli i vlasti i sile.

Mark 12.18-27 (Gospel)

18I doðoše k njemu sadukeji koji kažu da nema vaskrsenija, i zapitaše ga govoreæi: 19Uèitelju! Mojsije nam napisa: ako kome brat umre i ostavi ženu a djece ne ostavi, da brat njegov uzme ženu njegovu i da podigne sjeme bratu svojemu. 20Sedam braæe bješe: i prvi uze ženu, i umrije bez poroda. 21I drugi uze je, i umrije, i ni on ne ostavi poroda; tako i treæi. 22I uzeše je sedmorica, i ne ostaviše poroda. A poslije sviju umrije i žena. 23O vaskrseniju dakle kad ustanu koga æe od njih biti žena? jer je za sedmoricom bila. 24I odgovarajuæi Isus reèe im: zato li se vi varate što ne znate pisma ni sile Božije? 25Jer kad iz mrtvijeh ustanu, niti æe se ženiti ni udavati, nego su kao anðeli na nebesima. 26A za mrtve da ustaju nijeste li èitali u knjigama Mojsijevijem kako mu reèe Bog kod kupine govoreæi: ja sam Bog Avraamov, i Bog Isakov, i Bog Jakovljev? 27Nije Bog Bog mrtvijeh, nego Bog živijeh. Vi se dakle vrlo varate.

Martyrs Pamphilius and those with him, at Caesarea in Palestine (308)

These twelve holy Martyrs suffered in the reign of Diocletian.

“The first of these, Pamphilius, was priest in the church at Caesarea in Palestine; a learned and devout man, he corrected the mistakes of various copiers in the text of the New Testament. He himself copied this saving Book and gave it to any who desired it. The second was a deacon, Valentine, old in years and white with wisdom. He was a great expert in the Holy Scriptures, knowing them by heart. The third was Paul, a respected and eminent man, who had on a previous occasion been cast into the fire for the sake of Christ. With them were five Egyptians, brothers both in blood and soul, who were returning to their native land from serving a sentence in the mines of Cilicia. As they reached the gate of the town of Caesarea they said that they were Christians, and were therefore brought to trial. When asked their names, they replied: ‘We have cast away the pagan names given us by our mother, and are called Elias, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Samuel and Daniel.’ when asked where they were from, they replied: ‘From Jerusalem that is above.’ They were all beheaded, and a young man called Porphyrius, who had searched for their bodies to give them burial, suffered soon afterwards. Him they burned. An officer, Seleucus, who had come up to the martyrs and embraced them before the sword descended on their heads, was also burned, and an old man, Theodulus, a servant of the Roman judge, who had embraced one of the martyrs while they were under escort. Lastly Julian, who had kissed the dead bodies of the martyrs and honoured them, followed them in death. So they exchanged the small for the greater, the tawdry for the precious and death for immortality, and went to the Lord in 308.” (Prologue)

The Synaxarion concludes, “After the martyrdom of Pamphilius, the leader of the glorious cohort, the impious governor gave orders that his body and those of his companions should be left where they lay as food for carnivorous animals. However by God’s Providence, no animal came near their holy relics, which the Christians were able to lay to rest with due honour.” The account of these Martyrs was written by Eusebius of Caeserea, Pamphilius’ disciple.