Romans 5.17-6.2 (Epistle)

17Jer kad za grijeh jednoga carova smrt kroz jednoga, koliko æe veæma oni koji primaju izobilje blagodati i dar pravde u životu carovati kroz jednoga Isusa Hrista! 18Zato dakle kao što za grijeh jednoga doðe osuðenje na sve ljude, tako i pravdom jednoga doðe na sve ljude opravdanje života. 19Jer kao što neposlušanjem jednoga èovjeka postaše mnogi grješni, tako æe i poslušanjem jednoga biti mnogi pravedni. 20A zakon doðe uz to da se umnoži grijeh; jer gdje se umnoži grijeh ondje se još veæma umnoži blagodat, 21Da kao što carova grijeh za smrt, tako i blagodat da caruje pravdom za život vjeèni, kroz Isusa Hrista Gospoda našega.

1Šta æemo dakle reæi? Hoæemo li ostati u grijehu da se blagodat umnoži? Bože saèuvaj! 2Jer koji umrijesmo grijehu kako æemo još življeti u njemu?

Matthew 9.14-17 (Gospel)

14Tada pristupiše k njemu uèenici Jovanovi govoreæi: zašto mi i fariseji postimo mnogo, a uèenici tvoji ne poste? 15A Isus reèe im: eda li mogu svatovi plakati dok je s njima ženik? Nego æe doæi vrijeme kad æe se oteti od njih ženik, i onda æe postiti. 16Jer niko ne meæe nove zakrpe na staru haljinu; jer æe zakrpa odadrijeti od haljine, i gora æe rupa biti. 17Niti se ljeva vino novo u mjehove stare; inaèe mjehovi prodru se i vino se prolije, i mjehovi propadnu. Nego se ljeva vino novo u mjehove nove, i oboje se saèuva.

St Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (425)

He was born to pious Christian parents on Cyprus. Known for his piety and purity of life, he was became a clergyman, then was made Bishop of Amathus by St Epiphanios (May 12). He served faithfully as bishop in Cyprus for many years, finally reposing in peace. At this time there were still many pagans in Cyprus, and he worked tirelessly as a missionary among them, bringing many to the Faith. He was known as a wonder-worker from his youth. “His father was a baker, and whenever his father left him alone in the shop, he would distribute the bread to the poor without payment. His father reproached him once for doing this, so he prayed to God and their storehouse became so full of grain that they could open the door only with difficulty.” (Prologue) Once he planted a dry slip from a grapevine, and it miraculously turned green and bore fruit. After his repose, on his feast day the vine would be laden with unripe grapes, as usual for this time of year; but during the Divine Liturgy, the grapes would become fully ripened.

Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)

When St John Chrysostom was exiled, the Great Church caught fire and was destroyed. Most of the people saw this as a judgment upon the City for exiling the holy Archbishop; but St John’s enemies tried to blame his followers and persecuted them fiercely. Two of these loyal followers were Tigrios, a priest, and Eutropios, a reader. Tigrios had been a slave in his youth and was a eunuch; but once he was freed he had given his life selflessly to the service of the Church. The governor, Optatius, had Tigrios viciously tortured, then sent him into exile in Mesopotamia, where he died in captivity. Eutropios, another pure and holy servant of the Church, was flogged with whips and rods, then hanged. Christians carrying his body for burial heard a beautiful angelic chanting in the sky above them.