Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)

Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)

Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)

Luke 6.17-23 (Matins Gospel)

17I izišavši s njima stade na mjestu ravnom, i gomila uèenika njegovijeh; i mnoštvo naroda iz sve Judeje i iz Jerusalima, i iz primorja Tirskoga i Sidonskoga, 18Koji doðoše da ga slušaju i da se iscjeljuju od svojijeh bolesti, i koje muèahu duhovi neèisti; i iscjeljivahu se. 19I sav narod tražaše da ga se dotaknu; jer iz njega izlažaše sila i iscjeljivaše ih sve. 20I on podignuvši oèi na uèenike svoje govoraše: blago vama koji ste siromašni duhom; jer je vaše carstvo Božije. 21Blago vama koji ste gladni sad; jer æete se nasititi. Blago vama koji plaèete sad; jer æete se nasmijati. 22Blago vama kad na vas ljudi omrznu i kad vas rastave i osramote, i razglase ime vaše kao zlo sina radi èovjeèijega. 23Radujte se u onaj dan i igrajte, jer gle, vaša je velika plata na nebu. Jer su tako èinili prorocima ocevi njihovi.

Acts 8.18-25 (Epistle)

18A kad vidje Simon da se daje Duh sveti kad apostoli metnu ruke, donese im novce 19Govoreæi: dajte i meni ovu vlast da kad metnem ruke na koga primi Duha svetoga. 20A Petar mu reèe: novci tvoji s tobom da budu u pogibao, što si pomislio da se dar Božij može dobiti za novce. 21Nema tebi dijela ni iseta u ovoj rijeèi; jer srce tvoje nije pravo pred Bogom. 22Pokaj se dakle od ove svoje pakosti, i moli se Bogu da bi ti se oprostila pomisao srca tvoga. 23Jer te vidim da si u grkoj žuèi i u svezi nepravde. 24A Simon odgovarajuæi reèe: pomolite se vi Gospodu za mene da ne naiðe na mene ništa od ovoga što rekoste. 25Tako oni posvjedoèivši i govorivši rijeè Gospodnju vratiše se u Jerusalim, i mnogijem selima Samarijskijem propovjediše jevanðelje.

Hebrews 13.7-16 (Epistle, St Theodosius)

7Opominjite se svojijeh uèitelja koji vam kazivaše rijeè Božiju; gledajte na svršetak njihova življenja, i ugledajte se na vjeru njihovu. 8Isus Hristos juèe je i danas onaj isti i vavijek. 9U nauke tuðe i razliène ne pristajte; jer je dobro blagodaæu utvrðivati srca, a ne jelima, od kojijeh ne imaše koristi oni koji življeše u njima. 10Imamo pak oltar od kojega oni ne smiju jesti koji služe skiniji. 11Jer kojijeh životinja krv unosi poglavar sveštenièki u svetinju za grijehe, onijeh se tjelesa spaljuju izvan okola. 12Zato Isus, da osveti narod krvlju svojom, izvan grada postrada. 13Zato dakle da izlazimo k njemu izvan okola, noseæi njegovu sramotu. 14Jer ovdje nemamo grada koji æe ostati, nego tražimo onaj koji æe doæi. 15Kroz njega dakle da svagda prinosimo Bogu žrtvu hvale, to jest, plod usana koje priznaju ime njegovo. 16A dobro èiniti i davati milostinju ne zaboravljajte; jer se takovijem žrtvama ugaða Bogu.

John 6.35-39 (Gospel)

35A Isus im reèe: ja sam hljeb života: koji meni dolazi neæe ogladnjeti, i koji mene vjeruje neæe nikad ožednjeti. 36Nego vam kazah da me i vidjeste i ne vjerujete. 37Sve što meni daje otac k meni æe doæi; i koji dolazi k meni neæu ga istjerati napolje. 38Jer siðoh s neba ne da èinim volju svoju, nego volju oca koji me posla. 39A ovo je volja oca koji me posla da od onoga što mi dade ništa ne izgubim, nego da ga vaskrsnem u pošljednji dan.

Matthew 11.27-30 (Gospel, St Theodosius)

27Sve je meni predao otac moj, i niko ne zna sina do otac; niti oca ko zna do sin i ako kome sin hoæe kazati. 28Hodite k meni svi koji ste umorni i natovareni, i ja æu vas odmoriti. 29Uzmite jaram moj na sebe, i nauèite se od mene; jer sam ja krotak i smjeran u srcu, i naæi æete pokoj dušama svojijem. 30Jer je jaram moj blag, i breme je moje lako.

Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286)

These holy martyrs were husband and wife. During the persecutions of Diocletian, the governor Arian demanded that Timothy hand over his sacred books (these were rare at that time, and as a Reader he was entrusted with their care). Timothy refused, saying that he would no more do so than a father would hand over his own children to death. He was brutally tortured and, when he refused to yield, the governor summoned Timothy’s wife Maura, thinking that she would urge her husband to bow to the idols, but instead she confessed herself to be a Christian too. She in turn was subjected to many tortures, and finally the couple were crucified facing one another, where they hung for nine days, encouraging one another in the Faith, before they met their blessed end. They had been married for less than a month when they received their crowns.

St Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia (1074).

“Our righteous Father Theodosius was born in 1009, not far from Kiev, and brought up in Kursk. From early childhood he showed the wisdom of an elder, avoiding childish games and refusing to wear anything but the poorest of clothing. When he was about thirteen years old, and his father died, he began to humble himself even more, going out to work with the serfs in the field. His mother went so far as to beat him in her attempts to make him behave more respectably. Hearing of the labours of Saint Anthony of Kiev, he fled to him secretly and was accepted by him as his disciple. He was tonsured at the age of twenty-four by Saint Anthony’s disciple Nicon, and was elected Abbot of the Caves Monastery in 1057, since Saint Anthony refused this out of humility, and lived his whole life as a hermit. It was Saint Theodosius who introduced in Russia the cenobitic rule of the Monastery of Studium in Constantinople, and under his guidance many monks attained to great holiness, and the monastic life spread. When Prince Svyatoslav drove out his elder brother the pious Prince Isyaslav, and ascended to the throne of Chernigov in his place, Saint Theodosius courageously rebuked him, and continued reproving him even when threatened with exile. At the request of Prince Shimon, the son of a Varangian (Viking) prince, the Saint wrote a prayer for the nobleman’s forgiveness of sins, and, at his behest, had it placed in his coffin, whence arose this custom in Rusia. He reposed on May 3, 1074, being sixty-five years of age.” (Great Horologion)