Acts 21.8-14 (Epistle)

8A sjutradan pošavši Pavle i koji bijasmo s njim doðosmo u Æesariju; i ušavši u kuæu Filipa jevanðelista, koji bješe jedan od sedam ðakona, ostasmo u njega. 9I ovaj imaše èetiri kæeri djevojke koje proricahu. 10Stojeæi mi pak ondje mnogo dana, doðe odozgo iz Judeje jedan prorok, po imenu Agav; 11I došavši k nama uze pojas Pavlov i svezavši svoje ruke i noge reèe: tako veli Duh sveti: èovjeka kojega je ovaj pojas, ovako æe ga svezati u Jerusalimu Jevreji, i predaæe ga u ruke neznabožaca. 12I kad èusmo ovo, molismo i mi i ondašnji da ne ide gore u Jerusalim. 13A Pavle odgovori i reèe: šta èinite te plaèete i cijepate mi srce? Jer ja ne samo svezan biti hoæu, nego i umrijeti u Jerusalimu gotov sam za ime Gospoda Isusa. 14A kad ga ne mogasmo odvratiti, umukosmo rekavši: volja Božija neka bude.

John 14.27-15.7 (Gospel)

27Mir vam ostavljam, mir svoj dajem vam: ne dajem vam ga kao što svijet daje, da se ne plaši srce vaše, i da se ne boji. 28Èuste da vam ja kazah: idem, i doæi æu k vama. Kad biste imali ljubav k meni, onda biste se obradovali što rekoh: idem k ocu; jer je otac moj veæi od mene. 29I sad vam kazah, prije dok se nije zbilo, da vjerujete kad se zbude. 30Veæ neæu mnogo govoriti s vama; jer ide knez ovoga svijeta, i u meni nema ništa. 31Nego da vidi svijet da imam ljubav k ocu, i kao što mi zapovjedi otac onako tvorim. Ustanite, hajdemo odavde.

1Ja sam pravi èokot, i otac je moj vinogradar; 2Svaku lozu na meni koja ne raða roda otsjeæi æe je; i svaku koja raða rod oèistiæe je da više roda rodi. 3Vi ste veæ oèišæeni rijeèju koju vam govorih. 4Budite u meni i ja æu u vama. Kao što loza ne može roda roditi sama od sebe ako ne bude na èokotu, tako i vi ako u meni ne budete. 5Ja sam èokot a vi loze: i koji bude u meni i ja u njemu on æe roditi mnogi rod: jer bez mene ne možete èiniti ništa. 6Ko u meni ne ostane izbaciæe se napolje kao loza, i osušiæe se, i skupiæe je, i u oganj baciti, i spaliti. 7Ako ostanete u meni i rijeèi moje u vama ostanu, šta god hoæete ištite, i biæe vam.

Holy Prophet Elisha (Elisseus) (10th c. BC)

The disciple and spiritual heir of the Prophet Elijah (July 20), his story can be found in II Kings. Unlike most of the Old Testament prophets, he was granted the gift of working many miracles. He reposed in peace at a great age. The Fathers tell us that he was anointed by Elijah in the year 908 BC and reposed in peace at a great age in 839 BC. He was buried in Samaria. Even after his death, miracles of wonderworking were performed through his relics.

St Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople (847)

He was born to wealthy parents in Syracuse of Sicily. He entered monastic life and in time became a priest in the service of Patriarch Nikephoros. Because of his great and well-known zeal for the holy icons, he was cruelly persecuted by a succession of iconoclast emperors. Around 815, he was sent as an ambassador to Rome on behalf of the Patriarch, who had been exiled by the Emperor Leo the Armenian. When he returned to Constantinople upon Leo’s death, he was immediately exiled and imprisoned by Leo’s successor, Michael the Stutterer. Upon Michael’s death he was freed for a short time, but soon the Emperor Theophilus had him exiled to an island where, says the Prologue, “he spent seven years in prison with two common robbers, in damp conditions, without light and without sufficient food, as if in a grave.” When the pious Empress Theodora restored the Empire to Orthodoxy, he was freed and elevated to Patriarch of Constantinople. On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, we commemorate the restoration of the Holy Icons by Theodora and Methodios. Despite many attacks by heretics while he was Patriarch, he served faithfully and reposed in peace.

St John Mavropos, Metropolitan of Euchaïta(1100)

He is commemorated today on the Slavic Calendar; for his life, see October 5, his commemoration on the Greek Calendar.