Acts 19.1-8 (Epistle, Forerunner)

1Dogodi se pak, kad bješe Apolos u Korintu, da Pavle prolažaše gornje zemlje, i doðe u Efes, i našavši neke uèenike 2Reèe im: jeste li primili Duha svetoga kad ste vjerovali? A oni mu rekoše: nijesmo ni èuli da ima Duh sveti. 3A on im reèe: na što se dakle krstiste? A oni rekoše: na krštenje Jovanovo. 4A Pavle reèe: Jovan krsti krštenjem pokajanja, govoreæi narodu da vjeruju onoga koji æe za njim doæi, to jest, Hrista Isusa. 5A kad to èuše, krstiše se u ime Gospoda Isusa. 6A kad Pavle metnu ruke na njih, siðe Duh sveti na njih, i govorahu jezike i proricahu. 7A bijaše ljudi svega oko dvanaest. 8I ušavši u zbornicu govoraše slobodno tri mjeseca uèeæi i uvjeravajuæi za carstvo Božije.

Hebrews 7.18-25 (Epistle)

18Tako se ukida preðašnja zapovijest, što bi slaba i zaludna. 19Jer zakon nije ništa savršio; a postavi bolji nad, kroz koji se približujemo k Bogu. 20I još ne bez zakletve; 21Jer oni bez zakletve postaše sveštenici; a ovaj sa zakletvom kroz onoga koji mu govori: zakle se Gospod i neæe se raskajati: ti si sveštenik vavijek po redu Melhisedekovu. 22Toliko boljega zavjeta posta Isus jamac. 23I oni mnogi biše sveštenici, jer im smrt ne dade da ostanu. 24A ovaj, buduæi da ostaje vavijek, ima vjeèno sveštenstvo. 25Zato i može vavijek spasti one koji kroza nj dolaze k Bogu, kad svagda živi da se može moliti za njih.

John 1.29-34 (Gospel, Forerunner)

29A sjutradan vidje Jovan Isusa gdje ide k njemu, i reèe: gle, jagnje Božije koje uze na se grijehe svijeta. 30Ovo je onaj za koga ja rekoh: za mnom ide èovjek koji preda mnom postade, jer prije mene bješe. 31I ja ga ne znadoh: nego da se javi Izrailju zato ja doðoh da krstim vodom. 32I svjedoèi Jovan govoreæi: vidjeh Duha gdje silazi s neba kao golub i stade na njemu. 33I ja ga ne znadoh; nego onaj koji me posla da krstim vodom on mi reèe: na koga vidiš da silazi Duh i stoji na njemu to je onaj koji æe krstiti Duhom svetijem. 34I ja vidjeh i zasvjedoèih da je ovaj sin Božij.

Luke 21.37-22.8 (Gospel)

37I danju uèaše u crkvi, a noæu izlažaše i noæivaše na gori koja se zove Maslinska. 38I sav narod dolažaše izjutra k njemu u crkvu da ga slušaju.

1Približavaše se pak praznik prijesnijeh hljebova koji se zove pasha. 2I gledahu glavari sveštenièki i književnici kako bi ga ubili; ali se bojahu naroda. 3A sotona uðe u Judu, koji se zvaše Iskariot, i koji bješe jedan od dvanaestorice. 4I otišavši govori s glavarima sveštenièkijem i sa starješinama kako æe im ga izdati. 5I oni se obradovaše, i ugovoriše da mu dadu novce. 6I on se obreèe, i tražaše zgodna vremena da im ga preda tajno od naroda. 7A doðe dan prijesnijeh hljebova u koji trebaše klati pashu; 8I posla Petra i Jovana rekavši: idite ugotovite nam pashu da jedemo.

The Synaxis of the Venerable and Illustrious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John.

On the day after a great Feast we usually honor the servant of the Mystery; today we honor him who baptized the Lord: the blessed Forerunner, “greatest of the Prophets, most noble of those born of women, voice of the Word, herald of Grace, swallow presaging the spiritual spring, torch and beacon of the divine Light, spiritual dawn announcing the Sun of Righteousness, and as terrestrial angel and celestial man, stationed at the border of heaven and earth, uniting the Old and the New Testaments” (Synaxarion).

New Martyr Athanasius of Attalia (1700)

A native of Attalia, he lived in Smyrna. Once he unguardedly spoke the opening words of the Muslim confession of faith, “There is no god but God.” Hearing this, some Turks immediately surrounded him and took him to the court, claiming that he had embraced Islam. This he vehemently denied, assuring them that he was a Christian and that the words he had spoken would be unremarkable to any Christian. He was thrown into prison as an apostate and, after a sham trial, beheaded. His body was thrown to the dogs, but the usually voracious animals refused to touch his body, and it was removed by some pious Christians and given honorable burial.

Our Venerable Father Cedd, Bishop of Essex and Abbot of Lastingham (664)

He and his brother Chad (Mar. 2) were from an English family, educated under Saint Aidan (Aug. 31) of Lindisfarne. Both brothers entered monastic life at Lindisfarne and later became bishops. Cedd travelled as an evangelist among the people of Essex, where Saint Finan (Feb. 17) consecrated him to be their first bishop. He founded two monasteries in Essex, one of whose churches still stands; he built yet another monastery at Lastingham in Yorkshire, where he lived until his repose. He spoke both Irish and Anglo-Saxon, and served as a translator for the Irish at the Synod of Whitby in 664. He reposed at Lastingham not long after the Synod.