Orthodox Calendar

14. јун 2028.
Wednesday of the 2nd week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast

Commemorations

  • Holy Prophet Elisha (Elisseus) (10th c. BC)
  • St Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople (847)
  • St John Mavropos, Metropolitan of Euchaïta(1100)

Scripture Readings

Romans 4.13-25 (Epistle)

13Jer obeæanje Avraamu ili sjemenu njegovu da bude našljednik svijetu ne bi zakonom nego pravdom vjere. 14Jer ako su našljednici oni koji su od zakona, propade vjera, i pokvari se obeæanje. 15Jer zakon gradi gnjev; jer gdje nema zakona nema ni prijestupa. 16Zato od vjere da bude po milosti da obeæanje tvrdo ostane svemu sjemenu, ne samo koje je od zakona nego i koje je od vjere Avraama, koji je otac svima nama, 17Kao što stoji napisano: postavih te oca mnogijem narodima) pred Bogom kome vjerova, koji oživljuje mrtve, i zove ono što nije kao ono što jest: 18On vjerova na nad kad se nije bilo nièemu nadati da æe on biti otac mnogijem narodima, kao što mu bješe reèeno: tako æe biti sjeme tvoje. 19I ne oslabivši vjerom ne pogleda ni na svoje veæ umoreno tijelo, jer mu bješe negdje oko sto godina, ni na mrtvost Sarine materice. 20I za obeæanje Božije ne posumnja se nevjerovanjem, nego ojaèa u vjeri, i dade slavu Bogu. 21I znadijaše jamaèno da što obeæa kadar je i uèiniti. 22Zato se i primi njemu u pravdu. 23Ali nije pisano za njega jednoga samo da mu se primi, 24Nego i za nas, kojima æe se primiti ako vjerujemo onoga koji vaskrse Isusa Hrista Gospoda našega iz mrtvijeh, 25Koji se predade za grijehe naše, i ustade za opravdanje naše.

Matthew 7.21-23 (Gospel)

21Neæe svaki koji mi govori: Gospode! Gospode! uæi u carstvo nebesko; no koji èini po volji oca mojega koji je na nebesima. 22Mnogi æe reæi meni u onaj dan: Gospode! Gospode! nijesmo li u ime tvoje prorokovali, i tvojijem imenom ðavole izgonili, i tvojijem imenom èudesa mnoga tvorili? 23I tada æu im ja kazati: nikad vas nijesam znao; idite od mene koji èinite bezakonje.

Commemorations

Holy Prophet Elisha (Elisseus) (10th c. BC)

The disciple and spiritual heir of the Prophet Elijah (July 20), his story can be found in II Kings. Unlike most of the Old Testament prophets, he was granted the gift of working many miracles. He reposed in peace at a great age. The Fathers tell us that he was anointed by Elijah in the year 908 BC and reposed in peace at a great age in 839 BC. He was buried in Samaria. Even after his death, miracles of wonderworking were performed through his relics.

St Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople (847)

He was born to wealthy parents in Syracuse of Sicily. He entered monastic life and in time became a priest in the service of Patriarch Nikephoros. Because of his great and well-known zeal for the holy icons, he was cruelly persecuted by a succession of iconoclast emperors. Around 815, he was sent as an ambassador to Rome on behalf of the Patriarch, who had been exiled by the Emperor Leo the Armenian. When he returned to Constantinople upon Leo’s death, he was immediately exiled and imprisoned by Leo’s successor, Michael the Stutterer. Upon Michael’s death he was freed for a short time, but soon the Emperor Theophilus had him exiled to an island where, says the Prologue, “he spent seven years in prison with two common robbers, in damp conditions, without light and without sufficient food, as if in a grave.” When the pious Empress Theodora restored the Empire to Orthodoxy, he was freed and elevated to Patriarch of Constantinople. On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, we commemorate the restoration of the Holy Icons by Theodora and Methodios. Despite many attacks by heretics while he was Patriarch, he served faithfully and reposed in peace.

St John Mavropos, Metropolitan of Euchaïta(1100)

He is commemorated today on the Slavic Calendar; for his life, see October 5, his commemoration on the Greek Calendar.