Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)

Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)

Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)

Matthew 11.27-30 (Matins Gospel)

27Sve je meni predao otac moj, i niko ne zna sina do otac; niti oca ko zna do sin i ako kome sin hoæe kazati. 28Hodite k meni svi koji ste umorni i natovareni, i ja æu vas odmoriti. 29Uzmite jaram moj na sebe, i nauèite se od mene; jer sam ja krotak i smjeran u srcu, i naæi æete pokoj dušama svojijem. 30Jer je jaram moj blag, i breme je moje lako.

Romans 3.28-4.3 (Epistle)

28Mislimo dakle da æe se èovjek opravdati vjerom bez djela zakona. 29Ili je samo Jevrejski Bog, a ne i neznabožaèki? Da, i neznabožaèki. 30Jer je jedan Bog koji æe opravdati obrezanje iz vjere i neobrezanje vjerom. 31Kvarimo li dakle zakon vjerom? Bože saèuvaj! nego ga još utvrðujemo.

1Šta æemo dakle reæi za Avraama, oca svojega, da je po tijelu našao? 2Jer ako se Avraam djelima opravda, ima hvalu, ali ne u Boga. 3Jer šta govori pismo? Vjerova Avraam Bogu, i primi mu se u pravdu.

Galatians 5.22-6.2 (Epistle, St Anthony)

22A rod je duhovni ljubav, radost, mir, trpljenje, dobrota, milost, vjera, 23Krotost, uzdržanje; na to nema zakona. 24A koji su Hristovi, raspeše tijelo sa slastima i željama. 25Ako u duhu živimo, po duhu i da hodimo, 26Da ne tražimo lažne slave razdražujuæi jedan drugoga, i zavideæi jedan drugome.

1Braæo! ako i upadne èovjek u kakav grijeh, vi duhovni ispravljajte takovoga duhom krotosti, èuvajuæi sebe da i ti ne budeš iskušan. 2Nosite bremena jedan drugoga, i tako æete ispuniti zakon Hristov.

Matthew 7.24-8.4 (Gospel)

24Svaki dakle koji sluša ove moje rijeèi i izvršuje ih, kazaæu da je kao mudar èovjek koji sazida kuæu svoju na kamenu: 25I udari dažd, i doðoše vode, i dunuše vjetrovi, i napadoše na kuæu onu, i ne pade; jer bješe utvrðena na kamenu. 26A svaki koji sluša ove moje rijeèi a ne izvršuje ih, on æe biti kao èovjek lud koji sazida kuæu svoju na pijesku: 27I udari dažd, i doðoše vode, i dunuše vjetrovi, i udariše u kuæu onu, i pade, i raspade se strašno. 28I kad svrši Isus rijeèi ove, divljaše se narod nauci njegovoj. 29Jer ih uèaše kao onaj koji vlast ima, a ne kao književnici.

1A kad siðe s gore, za njim iðaše naroda mnogo. 2I gle, èovjek gubav doðe i klanjaše mu se govoreæi: Gospode! ako hoæeš, možeš me oèistiti. 3I pruživši ruku Isus, dohvati ga se govoreæi: hoæu, oèisti se. I odmah oèisti se od gube. 4I reèe mu Isus: gledaj, nikomu ne kazuj, nego idi i pokaži se svešteniku, i prinesi dar koji je zapovjedio Mojsije radi svjedoèanstva njima.

Matthew 4.25-5.12 (Gospel, St Anthony)

25I za njim iðaše naroda mnogo iz Galileje, i iz Deset Gradova, i iz Jerusalima, i Judeje, i ispreko Jordana.

1A kad on vidje narod, pope se na goru, i sjede, i pristupiše mu uèenici njegovi. 2I otvorivši usta svoja uèaše ih govoreæi: 3Blago siromašnima duhom, jer je njihovo carstvo nebesko; 4Blago onima koji plaèu, jer æe se utješiti; 5Blago krotkima, jer æe naslijediti zemlju; 6Blago gladnima i žednima pravde, jer æe se nasititi; 7Blago milostivima, jer æe biti pomilovani; 8Blago onima koji su èistoga srca, jer æe Boga vidjeti; 9Blago onima koji mir grade, jer æe se sinovi Božiji nazvati; 10Blago prognanima pravde radi, jer je njihovo carstvo nebesko. 11Blago vama ako vas uzasramote i usprogone i reku na vas svakojake rðave rijeèi lažuæi, mene radi. 12Radujte se i veselite se, jer je velika plata vaša na nebesima, jer su tako progonili proroke prije vas.

Holy 45 Martyrs of Nikopolis in Armenia (319)

During a persecution of Christians in the reign of the Emperor Licinius, Leontius and several of his companions came before the Imperial governor in Nikopolis of Armenia, and declared themselves as Christians. They were whipped and thrown into prison, where they were given no food or drink; but a Christian noblewoman secretly brought them water, and an angel of the Lord appeared to them in their cell to comfort them. Such was the power of their faith that, at their trial, two of their jailers proclaimed their conversion to Christianity. Many others came forward in the same way, until the company of Christians numbered forty-five in all. The judge ordered that they all have their arms and legs hacked off and that they then be burned to death.

St Anthony of the Kiev Caves (1073)

He is honored as the founder of Orthodox monastic life in Russia. He was born in Chernigov province and tonsured at the Monastery of Esphigmenou on the Holy Mountain. His abbot sent him from Mt Athos to Kiev to establish the monastic life there in 1013, during the last years of Prince Vladimir’s holy reign. He lived there as a hermit, slowly drawing to himself others who wished to share the ascetical life. In time, the brotherhood grew into the Kiev Caves Lavra. St Anthony refused to serve as abbot of the monastery; this task was taken up by St Theodosius (commemorated May 3). St Anthony continued to live as a cave-dwelling hermit and reposed in peace at the age of ninety.

The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord in Moscow (1625)

Elias, a soldier in the Roman army in Jerusalem, was a Georgian by birth, from the town of Mtskhet. When the Lord was crucified, his garments were divided by lot among the soldiers, and his robe fell to Elias, who took it home to Georgia and gave it as a gift to his sister Sidonia. The robe was buried with her, then miraculously found many years later by St Nina (January 14). King Mirian, who had accepted Christ in response to St Nina’s teaching, built a church to the Holy Apostles on the spot where the robe was found. Many years later, Georgia was conquered by the Persians, and the robe fell into their hands. In 1625 the Persian Shah Abbas, wishing to establish good relations with Russia, sent the robe to Moscow as a gift to Prince Michael Feodorovich and Patriarch Philaret. It was placed with honor in the Cathedral of the Dormition.