19. август 2027.
Thursday of the 9th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Martyr Andrew Strateletes and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (ca. 289)

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 14.6-19 (Epistle)

6A sad, braæo, ako doðem k vama jezike govoreæi, kaku æu korist uèiniti ako vam ne govorim ili u otkrivenju, ili u razumu, ili u proroštvu, ili u nauci? 7Kao neke stvari bezdušne koje daju glas, bila svirala ili gusle, ako razlièna glasa ne daju, kako æe se razumjeti šta se svira ili gudi? 8Jer ako truba da nerazgovijetan glas, ko æe se pripraviti na boj? 9Tako i vi ako nerazumljivu rijeè reèete jezikom, kako æe se razumjeti šta govorite? Jer æete govoriti u vjetar. 10Ima na svijetu Bog zna koliko razliènijeh glasova, ali nijedan nije bez znaèenja. 11Ako dakle ne znam sile glasa, biæu nijemac onome kome govorim, i onaj koji govori biæe meni nijemac. 12Tako i vi, buduæi da se starate za duhovne darove, gledajte da budete onima bogati koji su na popravljanje crkve. 13Zato koji govori jezikom neka se moli Bogu da kazuje. 14Jer ako se jezikom molim Bogu, moj se duh moli, a um je moj bez ploda. 15Šta æe se dakle èiniti? Moliæu se Bogu duhom, a moliæu se i umom; hvaliæu Boga duhom, a hvaliæu i umom. 16Jer kad blagosloviš duhom kako æe onaj koji stoji mjesto prostaka reæi amin po tvome blagoslovu, kad ne zna šta govoriš? 17Ti dobro zahvaljuješ, ali se drugi ne popravlja. 18Hvala Bogu mojemu što govorim jezike veæma od sviju vas. 19Ali u crkvi volim pet rijeèi umom svojijem reæi, da se i drugi pomognu, negoli hiljadu rijeèi jezikom.

Matthew 20.17-28 (Gospel)

17I pošavši Isus u Jerusalim uze nasamo dvanaest uèenika na putu, i reèe im: 18Evo idemo u Jerusalim, i sin èovjeèij biæe predan glavarima sveštenièkijem i književnicima; i osudiæe ga na smrt; 19I predaæe ga neznabošcima da mu se rugaju i da ga biju i razapnu; i treæi dan ustaæe. 20Tada pristupi k njemu mati sinova Zevedejevijeh sa svojijem sinovima klanjajuæi mu se i moleæi ga za nešto. 21A on joj reèe: šta hoæeš? Reèe mu: zapovjedi da sjedu ova moja dva sina, jedan s desne strane tebi, a jedan s lijeve strane tebi, u carstvu tvojemu. 22A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe: ne znate šta ištete; možete li piti èašu koju æu ja piti, i krstiti se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim? Rekoše mu: možemo. 23I reèe im: èašu dakle moju ispiæete, i krstiæete se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim; ali da sjedete s desne strane meni i s lijeve, ne mogu ja dati, nego kome je ugotovio otac moj. 24I kad èuše ostalijeh deset uèenika, rasrdiše se na ta dva brata. 25A Isus dozvavši ih reèe: znajte da knezovi narodni zapovijedaju narodu, i poglavari upravljaju njim. 26Ali meðu vama da ne bude tako; nego koji hoæe da bude veæi meðu vama, da vam služi. 27I koji hoæe meðu vama da bude prvi, da vam bude sluga. 28Kao što ni sin èovjeèij nije došao da mu služe, nego da služi i da dušu svoju u otkup da za mnoge.

Commemorations

Martyr Andrew Strateletes and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (ca. 289)

“He was an officer, a tribune, in the Roman army in the time of the Emperor Maximian. A Syrian by birth, he served in his native land. When the Persians attacked the imperial Roman army, this Andrew was entrusted with the command in the battle against the enemy — whence his title: commander, strateletes. A secret Christian, although as yet unbaptised, Andrew commended himself to the living God, and, taking only the cream of the army, went to war. Before the battle, he told his soldiers that, if they all called upon the aid of the one, true God, Christ the Lord, their enemies would become as dust scattered before them. All the soldiers, fired with enthusiasm by Andrew and his faith, invoked Christ’s aid and attacked. The Persian army was utterly routed. When the victorious Andrew returned to Antioch, some jealous men denounced him as a Christian and the imperial governor summoned him for trial. Andrew openly proclaimed his steadfast faith in Christ. After harsh torture, the governor threw Andrew into prison and wrote to the Emperor in Rome. Knowing Andrew’s popularity among the people and in the army, the Emperor ordered the governor to set Andrew free, but to seek another occasion and another excuse (not his faith) to kill him. By God’s revelation, Andrew came to know of this imperial command, and, taking his faithful soldiers (2,593 in all) with him, went off to Tarsus in Cilicia, where they were all baptised by the bishop, Peter. Persecuted here also by imperial might, Andrew and his companions withdrew deep into the Armenian mountain of Tavros. There in a ravine, while they were at prayer, the Roman army came upon them and beheaded them all. Not one of them would recant, all being determined on death by martyrdom for Christ. On the spot where a stream of the martyrs’ blood flowed down, a spring of healing water sprang forth, healing from every disease. The bishop, Peter, came secretly with his people and buried the martyrs’ bodies in that same place. They all suffered with honour at the end of the third century and were crowned with wreaths of eternal glory, entering into the Kingdom of Christ our God.” (Prologue)