Acts 15.35-41 (Epistle)

35A Pavle i Varnava življahu u Antiohiji i uèahu i propovijedahu rijeè Gospodnju s mnogima drugijem. 36A poslije nekoliko dana reèe Pavle Varnavi: hajde da se vratimo i da obiðemo braæu po svijem gradovima po kojima propovijedasmo rijeè Gospodnju kako žive. 37A Varnava šæaše da uzmu sa sobom Jovana prozvanoga Marka. 38Pavle pak govoraše: onoga koji nas je odustao u Pamfiliji i nije išao s nama na djelo na koje smo bili odreðeni, da ne uzimamo sa sobom. 39Tako postade raspra da se oni razdvojiše, i Varnava uzevši Marka otplovi u Kipar. 40A Pavle izbravši Silu iziðe predan blagodati Božijoj od braæe. 41I prolažaše kroz Siriju i Kilikiju utvrðujuæi crkve.

John 10.27-38 (Gospel)

27Ovce moje slušaju glas moj, i ja poznajem njih, i za mnom idu. 28I ja æu im dati život vjeèni, i nikad neæe izginuti, i niko ih neæe oteti iz ruke moje. 29Otac moj koji mi ih dade veæi je od sviju; i niko ih ne može oteti iz ruke oca mojega. 30Ja i otac jedno smo. 31A Jevreji opet uzeše kamenje da ga ubiju. 32Isus im odgovori: mnoga vam dobra djela javih od oca svojega; za koje od onijeh djela bacate kamenje na me? 33Odgovoriše mu Jevreji govoreæi: za dobro djelo ne bacamo kamenja na te, nego za hulu na Boga, što ti, èovjek buduæi, gradiš se Bog. 34Isus im odgovori: ne stoji li napisano u zakonu vašemu: ja rekoh: bogovi ste? 35Ako one nazva bogovima kojima rijeè Božija bi, i pismo se ne može pokvariti; 36Kako vi govorite onome kojega otac posveti i posla na svijet: hulu na Boga govoriš, što rekoh: ja sam sin Božij? 37Ako ne tvorim djela oca svojega ne vjerujte mi. 38Ako li tvorim, ako meni i ne vjerujete, djelima mojima vjerujte, da poznate i vjerujete da je otac u meni i ja u njemu.

Hieromartyr Dorotheus, bishop of Tyre (361)

He became Bishop of Tyre in Phoenecia during the reign of Diocletian. The persecutions under Diocletian and Maximian drove him to Thrace; after their death he returned to Tyre. Persecution broke out again under Julian the Apostate, and Dorotheus was seized and tortured to death at the age of 107. He wrote learned writings in both Greek and Latin, telling the lives of the Prophets and the Saints.

Our Holy Father Theodore the Hermit and Wonderworker (583)

He lived for many years as a hermit in the wilderness of the Jordan, and after long and hard ascetic struggle was granted the gift of wonderworking. Once he travelled by ship to Constantinople, and the ship went off course in a storm. The drinking water ran out, and the crew and passengers were near death from thirst. Theodore prayed to God, made the sign of the cross over the sea, and told the crew to drink the seawater. When they did so, they found to their astonishment that it was fresh and sweet. When the people began to honor him, he begged them only to thank God, who had worked the wonder. He reposed in peace.

Blessed Igor-George, tonsured Gabriel, great prince of Chernigov and Kiev (1147)

“Persecuted by his kinsfolk, he left the world and became a monk. The citizens of Kiev, disgusted with the Olgovitch dynasty [of which he had been prince], determined to exterminate it. They hurried to the monastery, seized the young and innocent schema-monk and killed him. For this evil-doing, much misfortune fell on the inhabitants of Kiev, but candles were several times seen to light of themselves on the grave of this blessed monk, and a fiery column appeared over the church where he was buried.” (Prologue)

Blessed Constantine, Metropolitan of Kiev (1159)

In his day there was great disorder among the princes of Russia and in the Russian Church. One of the rival princes appointed a monk named Kim as Metropolitan of Kiev without seeking the blessing of the Patriarch of Constantinople, as was still done at that time. The Patriarch sent Metropolitan Constantine to investigate, and he deposed Kim and banished the priests whom Kim had ordained. This led to strife among the people, some of whom supported Constantine, some Kim. Finally, at the request of the princes, the Patriarch sent a third Metropolitan, and both Kim and Constantine were removed.

When Constantine died in 1159, his will ordered that he not be buried, but cast out to be eaten by dogs, since he felt that he was guilty of sowing discord in the Church. Horrified, but unwilling to go against his last wishes, the people threw his body outside as he had ordered. During the three days that it lay exposed, Kiev was wracked with thunderstorms and earth tremors, in which eight people were killed. Finally the Prince of Kiev ordered that the Metropolitan’s body be buried in the church, and the weather immediately became calm.