16. јун 2027.
Wednesday of the 7th Sunday of Pascha

Fast — Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

St Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (425)
Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)

Scripture Readings

Acts 23.1-11 (Epistle)

1A Pavle pogledavši na skupštinu reèe: ljudi braæo! ja sa svom dobrom savjesti življeh pred Bogom do samoga ovog dana. 2A poglavar sveštenièki Ananija zapovjedi onima što stajahu kod njega da ga biju po ustima. 3Tada mu reèe Pavle: tebe æe Bog biti, zide okreèeni! I ti sjediš te mi sudiš po zakonu, a prestupajuæi zakon zapovijedaš da me biju. 4A oni što stajahu naokolo rekoše: zar psuješ Božijeg poglavara sveštenièkoga? 5A Pavle reèe: ne znadoh, braæo, da je poglavar sveštenièki, jer stoji napisano: starješini naroda svojega da ne govoriš ružno. 6A znajuæi Pavle da je jedan dio sadukeja a drugi fariseja, povika na skupštini: ljudi braæo! ja sam farisej i sin farisejev: za nad i za vaskrsenije iz mrtvijeh doveden sam na sud. 7A kad on ovo reèe, postade raspra meðu sadukejima i farisejima, i razdijeli se narod. 8Jer sadukeji govore da nema vaskrsenija, ni anðela ni duha; a fariseji priznaju oboje. 9I postade velika vika, i ustavši književnici od strane farisejske prepirahu se meðu sobom govoreæi: nikakvo zlo ne nalazimo na ovome èovjeku; ako li mu govori duh ili anðeo, da se ne suprotimo Bogu. 10A kad posta raspra velika, pobojavši se vojvoda da Pavla ne raskinu, zapovjedi da siðu vojnici i da ga otmu izmeðu njih, i da ga odvedu u oko. 11A onu noæ stade Gospod predanjga i reèe: ne boj se, Pavle, jer kao što si svjedoèio za mene u Jerusalimu, tako ti valja i u Rimu svjedoèiti.

John 16.15-23 (Gospel)

15Sve što ima otac moje je: zato rekoh da æe od mojega uzeti, i javiti vam. 16Još malo, i neæete me vidjeti, i opet malo, pa æete me vidjeti: jer idem k ocu. 17A neki od uèenika njegovijeh rekoše meðu sobom: šta je to što nam kaže: još malo, i neæete me vidjeti; i opet malo pa æete me vidjeti; i: ja idem k ocu? 18Govorahu dakle: šta je to što govori: malo? ne znamo šta govori. 19A Isus razumje da šæadijahu da ga zapitaju, pa im reèe: zato li se zapitujete meðu sobom što rekoh: još malo i neæete me vidjeti, i opet malo pa æete me vidjeti? 20Zaista, zaista vam kažem da æete vi zaplakati i zaridati, a svijet æe se radovati; i vi æete žalosni biti, ali æe se vaša žalost okrenuti na radost. 21Žena kad raða trpi muku; jer doðe èas njezin: ali kad rodi dijete, više se ne opominje žalosti od radosti, jer se rodi èovjek na svijet. 22Tako i vi dakle imate sad žalost; ali æu vas opet vidjeti, i radovaæe se srce vaše, i vaše radosti niko neæe uzeti od vas; 23I u onaj dan neæete me pitati ni za što. Zaista, zaista vam kažem da što god uzištete u oca u ime moje, daæe vam.

Commemorations

St Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (425)

He was born to pious Christian parents on Cyprus. Known for his piety and purity of life, he was became a clergyman, then was made Bishop of Amathus by St Epiphanios (May 12). He served faithfully as bishop in Cyprus for many years, finally reposing in peace. At this time there were still many pagans in Cyprus, and he worked tirelessly as a missionary among them, bringing many to the Faith. He was known as a wonder-worker from his youth. “His father was a baker, and whenever his father left him alone in the shop, he would distribute the bread to the poor without payment. His father reproached him once for doing this, so he prayed to God and their storehouse became so full of grain that they could open the door only with difficulty.” (Prologue) Once he planted a dry slip from a grapevine, and it miraculously turned green and bore fruit. After his repose, on his feast day the vine would be laden with unripe grapes, as usual for this time of year; but during the Divine Liturgy, the grapes would become fully ripened.

Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)

When St John Chrysostom was exiled, the Great Church caught fire and was destroyed. Most of the people saw this as a judgment upon the City for exiling the holy Archbishop; but St John’s enemies tried to blame his followers and persecuted them fiercely. Two of these loyal followers were Tigrios, a priest, and Eutropios, a reader. Tigrios had been a slave in his youth and was a eunuch; but once he was freed he had given his life selflessly to the service of the Church. The governor, Optatius, had Tigrios viciously tortured, then sent him into exile in Mesopotamia, where he died in captivity. Eutropios, another pure and holy servant of the Church, was flogged with whips and rods, then hanged. Christians carrying his body for burial heard a beautiful angelic chanting in the sky above them.