Acts 4.13-22 (Epistle)

13A kad vidješe slobodu Petrovu i Jovanovu, i znajuæi da su ljudi neknjiževni i prosti, divljahu se, a znadijahu ih da bijahu s Isusom. 14A videæi iscijeljenoga èovjeka gdje s njima stoji ne mogahu ništa protivu reæi. 15Onda im zapovjediše da iziðu napolje iz savjeta, pa pitahu jedan drugoga 16Govoreæi: šta æete èiniti ovijem ljudima? Jer veliki znak što uèiniše oni poznat je svima koji žive u Jerusalimu, i ne možemo odreæi; 17Ali da se dalje ne razilazi po narodu, da im oštro zaprijetimo da više ne govore za ime ovo nikome. 18I dozvavši ih zapovjediše im da ništa ne spominju niti uèe u ime Isusovo. 19Petar i Jovan odgovarajuæi rekoše im: sudite je li pravo pred Bogom da vas veæma slušamo negoli Boga? 20Jer mi ne možemo ne govoriti što vidjesmo i èusmo. 21A oni zaprijetivši im pustiše ih, ne našavši ništa kako bi ih muèili, naroda radi; jer svi hvaljahu Boga za ono što se bješe dogodilo. 22Jer onome èovjeku bješe više od èetrdeset godina na kom se dogodi ovo èudo zdravlja.

John 5.17-24 (Gospel)

17A Isus im odgovaraše: otac moj doslije èini, i ja èinim. 18I zato još više gledahu Jevreji da ga ubiju što ne samo kvaraše subotu nego i ocem svojijem nazivaše Boga i graðaše se jednak Bogu. 19A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe im: zaista, zaista vam kažem: sin ne može ništa èiniti sam od sebe nego što vidi da otac èini; jer što on èini ono i sin èini onako; 20Jer otac sina ljubi, i sve mu pokazuje što sam èini; i pokazaæe mu veæa djela od ovijeh da se vi èudite. 21Jer kako što otac podiže mrtve i oživljuje, tako i sin koje hoæe oživljuje. 22Jer otac ne sudi nikome, nego sav sud dade sinu, 23Da svi poštuju sina kao što oca poštuju. Ko ne poštuje sina ne poštuje oca koji ga je poslao. 24Zaista, zaista vam kažem: ko moju rijeè sluša i vjeruje onome koji je mene poslao, ima život vjeèni, i ne dolazi na sud, nego je prešao iz smrti u život.

Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322)

Licinius was co-emperor with Constantine the Great. At his accession, he had agreed to tolerate Christianity in his territories, but soon turned to persecuting the Christians, and to a variety of carnal sins. He conceived a passion for Glaphyra, a Christian virgin handmaid of the Empress Constantia. When Glaphyra told Constantia of this, the Empress sent her away to Amasia in the East for her protection. There she was received and protected by Bishop Basil of that city. Licinius learned where Glaphyra was hiding and ordered that both she and the bishop be brought to him as prisoners. The soldiers who came for her found that she had already died, so they returned with only Bishop Basil, who was subjected to cruel tortures, then beheaded. His body was cast into the sea, but, with the help of an angel of God, his people found his body, retrieved it from the sea, and returned it to Amasia.

The Prologue adds, “The Emperor Constantine raised an army against Licinius, overcame him, arrested him and sent him into exile in Gaul, where he ended his God-hating days.”

St Stephen,Bishop of Perm (1396)

As a young man he entered monastic life at the monastery of St Gregory the Theologian in Rostov. Learning that the land of Perm (on the western slopes of the Ural Mountains) was still immured in paganism, he was filled with a desire to bring the Gospel to its people. He set about learning the language, created an alphabet and translated the service books. With the blessing of the Metropolitan of Moscow he then set out and began his apostolic labors. When, after much difficulty and many sufferings, he had gathered a community of baptised Christians, he was made Bishop of the region. Once, in his old age, he returned to Moscow, where he reposed in 1396.