No Fast
1Istinu govorim tako mi Hrista, ne lažem, to mi svjedoèi savjest moja Duhom svetijem: 2Da mi je vrlo žao i srce me moje boli bez prestanka; 3Jer bih željeo da ja sam budem odluèen od Hrista za braæu svoju koja su mi rod po tijelu, 4Koja su Izrailjci, kojijeh je posinaštvo i slava, i zavjet i zakon, i bogomoljstvo, i obeæanja; 5Kojijeh su i oci, i od kojijeh je Hristos po tijelu, koji je nad svima Bog blagosloven vavijek. Amin.
18Dok on tako govoraše njima, gle, knez nekakav doðe i klanjaše mu se govoreæi: kæi moja sad umrije; nego doði i metni na nju ruku svoju, i oživljeæe. 19I ustavši Isus za njim poðe i uèenici njegovi. 20I gle, žena koja je dvanaest godina bolovala od teèenja krvi pristupi sastrag i dohvati mu se skuta od haljine njegove. 21Jer govoraše u sebi: samo ako se dotaknem haljine njegove, ozdraviæu. 22A Isus obazrevši se i vidjevši je reèe: ne boj se, kæeri; vjera tvoja pomogla ti je. I ozdravi žena od toga èasa. 23I došavši Isus u dom knežev i vidjevši sviraèe i ljude zabunjene 24Reèe im: otstupite, jer djevojka nije umrla, nego spava. I potsmijevahu mu se. 25A kad istjera ljude, uðe, i uhvati je za ruku, i usta djevojka. 26I otide glas ovaj po svoj zemlji onoj.
“Saint Eudocimus was from Cappadocia, the son of pious and most illustrious parents, patricians in rank. He especially cultivated chastity and mercy, the one by never meeting the gaze of a woman, the other by cheerfully providing the needs of the poor. When he was made military commander of Cappadocia, he continued in his righteous ways, showing mercy and uprightness in all his dealings. Having so lived in piety, quietly and without ostentation, he was called from this life at the age of thirty-three, about the year 840, during the reign of the Iconoclast Theophilus. Not long after his burial, his grave became a fountain of unending miracles, as God revealed the virtue that Eudocimus had striven to hide; when his grave was later opened, his body was found incorrupt. His holy relics were translated to Constantinople.” (Great Horologion)
The “noble Joseph” was a secret follower of Christ and a wealthy member of the Jewish Sanhendrin (ruling council); it was he who provided Christ’s tomb. When his faith became known he was driven from the Sanhendrin, from the synagogues, and from the Holy Land, and traveled through many lands, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ. According to some accounts he eventually reached England, where he reposed in peace.