17. јул 2027.
Saturday of the 4th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Feasts

Royal Passionbearers

Commemorations

Great-martyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia (270)

Scripture Readings

Romans 6.11-17 (Epistle)

11Tako i vi dakle držite sebe da ste mrtvi grijehu a živi Bogu u Hristu Isusu Gospodu našemu. 12Da ne caruje dakle grijeh u vašemu smrtnom tijelu, da ga slušate u slastima njegovijem; 13Niti dajite udova svojijeh grijehu za oružje nepravde; nego dajite sebe Bogu, kao koji ste živi iz mrtvijeh, i ude svoje Bogu za oružje pravde. 14Jer grijeh neæe vama obladati, jer nijeste pod zakonom nego pod blagodaæu. 15Šta dakle? Hoæemo li griješiti kad nijesmo pod zakonom nego pod blagodaæu? Bože saèuvaj! 16Ne znate li da kome dajete sebe za sluge u poslušanje, sluge ste onoga koga slušate, ili grijeha za smrt, ili poslušanja za pravdu? 17Hvala dakle Bogu što bivši robovi grijehu poslušaste od srca tu nauku kojoj se i predadoste.

Matthew 8.14-23 (Gospel)

14I došavši Isus u dom Petrov vidje taštu njegovu gdje leži i groznica je trese. 15I prihvati je za ruku, i pusti je groznica, i usta, i služaše mu. 16A uveèe dovedoše k njemu bijesnijeh mnogo, i izgna duhove rijeèju, i sve bolesnike iscijeli: 17Da se zbude što je kazao Isaija prorok govoreæi: on nemoæi naše uze i bolesti ponese. 18A kad vidje Isus mnogo naroda oko sebe, zapovjedi uèenicima svojijem da idu na onu stranu. 19I pristupivši jedan književnik reèe mu: uèitelju! ja idem za tobom kud god ti poðeš. 20Reèe njemu Isus: lisice imaju jame i ptice nebeske gnijezda; a sin èovjeèij nema gdje glave zakloniti. 21A drugi od uèenika njegovijeh reèe mu: Gospode! dopusti mi najprije da idem da ukopam oca svojega. 22A Isus reèe njemu: hajde za mnom, a ostavi neka mrtvi ukopavaju svoje mrtvace. 23I kad uðe u laðu, za njim uðoše uèenici njegovi.

Commemorations

Great-martyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia (270)

She was born in Antioch of Pisidia to pagan parents; her father was a pagan priest. When she was about twelve years old her mother died, and she was given into the care of a woman who told her of the Gospel of Christ. She was immediately filled with love for Christ and consecrated her life to His service. Her father, hearing of this, was furious and disowned her. When she was fifteen years old, she was brought before the governor Olymbrius, who first desired to marry her and, when she refused, ordered her to make sacrifice to the idols. She refused and proclaimed herself a Christian. For this she was harshly tortured, imprisoned, and finally beheaded. While she was in prison she was tormented by demons, but drove them away by her prayers. For this reason she is especially invoked for deliverance from demonic possession. One of her hands is preserved at Vatopedi Monastery on the Holy Mountain, and some of her relics are preserved at an Albanian Monastery dedicated to her.