17. јун 2028.
Saturday of the 2nd week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

Martyrs Manuel, Sabael, and Ismael of Persia (362)
Our Holy Father Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe (680)

Scripture Readings

Romans 3.19-26 (Epistle)

19A znamo da ono što zakon govori, govori onima koji su u zakonu, da se svaka usta zatisnu, i sav svijet da bude kriv Bogu; 20Jer se djelima zakona nijedno tijelo neæe opravdati pred njim; jer kroz zakon dolazi poznanje grijeha. 21A sad se bez zakona javi pravda Božija, posvjedoèena od zakona i od proroka; 22A pravda Božija vjerom Isusa Hrista u sve i na sve koji vjeruju; jer nema razlike. 23Jer svi sagriješiše i izgubili su slavu Božiju, 24I opravdaæe se zabadava blagodaæu njegovom, otkupom Isusa Hrista. 25Kojega postavi Bog oèišæenje vjerom u krvi njegovoj da pokaže svoju pravdu oproštenjem preðašnjijeh grijeha; 26U podnošenju Božijemu, da pokaže pravdu svoju u sadašnje vrijeme da je on pravedan i da pravda onoga koji je od vjere Isusove.

Matthew 7.1-8 (Gospel)

1Ne sudite da vam se ne sudi; 2Jer kakovijem sudom sudite, onakovijem æe vam suditi; i kakovom mjerom mjerite, onakom æe vam se mjeriti. 3A zašto vidiš trun u oku brata svojega, a brvna u oku svojemu ne osjeæaš? 4Ili, kako možeš reæi bratu svojemu: stani da ti izvadim trun iz oka tvojega; a eto brvno u oku tvojemu? 5Licemjere! izvadi najprije brvno iz oka svojega, pa æeš onda vidjeti izvaditi trun iz oka brata svojega. 6Ne dajte svetinje psima; niti meæite bisera svojega pred svinje, da ga ne pogaze nogama svojima, i vrativši se ne rastrgnu vas. 7Ištite, i daæe vam se; tražite, i naæi æete; kucajte, i otvoriæe vam se. 8Jer svaki koji ište, prima; i koji traži, nalazi; i koji kuca, otvoriæe mu se.

Commemorations

Martyrs Manuel, Sabael, and Ismael of Persia (362)

“The holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ishmael, Persians by race and brethren according to the flesh, were sent by the Persian King as ambassadors to Julian the Apostate to negotiate a peace treaty. While with him at a place near Chalcedon, they refused to join him in offering sacrifice to his idols. Scorning the immunity universally accorded ambassadors, he had them slain in the year 362. This was a cause of the war with Persia in which Julian perished miserably the following year.” (Great Horologion)

Our Holy Father Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe (680)

‘Saint Botolph was born in Britain about the year 610 and in his youth became a monk in Gaul. The sisters of Ethelmund, King of East Anglia, who were also sent to Gaul to learn the monastic discipline, met Saint Botolph, and learning of his intention to return to Britain, bade their brother the King grant him land on which to found a monastery. Hearing the King’s offer, Saint Botolph asked for land not already in any man’s possession, not wishing that his gain should come through another’s loss, and chose a certain desolate place called Ikanhoe. At his coming, the demons inhabiting Ikanhoe rose up against him with tumult, threats, and horrible apparitions, but the Saint drove them away with the sign of the Cross and his prayer. Through his monastery he established in England the rule of monastic life that he had learned in Gaul. He worked signs and wonders, had the gift of prophecy, and “was distinguished for his sweetness of disposition and affability.” In the last years of his life he bore a certain painful sickness with great patience, giving thanks like Job and continuing to instruct his spiritual children in the rules of the monastic life. He fell asleep in peace about the year 680. His relics were later found incorrupt, and giving off a sweet fragrance. The place where he founded his monastery came to be called “Botolphson” (from either “Botolph’s stone” or “Botolph’s town”) which was later contracted to “Boston.”’ (Great Horologion)