Orthodox Calendar

21. јун 2028.
Wednesday of the 3rd week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast

Commemorations

  • Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia (305)
  • Our Holy Fathers Julius and Julian (5th c.)

Scripture Readings

Romans 8.2-13 (Epistle)

2Jer zakon duha koji oživljava u Hristu Isusu, oprostio me je od zakona grjehovnoga i smrti. 3Jer što zakonu bješe nemoguæe, jer bješe oslabljen tijelom, posla Bog sina svojega u oblièju tijela grjehovnoga, i za grijeh osudi grijeh u tijelu, 4Da se pravda zakona ispuni u nama koji ne živimo po tijelu nego po duhu; 5Jer koji su po tijelu tjelesno misle, a koji su po duhu duhovno misle. 6Jer tjelesno mudrovanje smrt je, a duhovno mudrovanje život je i mir. 7Jer tjelesno mudrovanje neprijateljstvo je Bogu, jer se ne pokorava zakonu Božijemu niti može. 8A koji su u tijelu ne mogu Bogu ugoditi. 9A vi nijeste u tijelu nego u duhu; jer Duh Božij u vama živi. A ako ko nema Duha Hristova, on nije njegov. 10A ako je Hristos u vama, onda je tijelo mrtvo grijeha radi a Duh živ pravde radi. 11A ako li živi u vama Duh onoga koji je vaskrsao Isusa iz mrtvijeh, onaj koji je podigao Hrista iz mrtvijeh oživljeæe i vaša smrtna tjelesa Duhom svojijem koji živi u vama. 12Tako dakle, braæo, nijesmo dužni tijelu da po tijelu živimo. 13Jer ako živite po tijelu, pomrijeæete; ako li duhom poslove tjelesne morite, življeæete.

Matthew 10.16-22 (Gospel)

16Eto, ja vas šaljem kao ovce meðu vukove: budite dakle mudri kao zmije i bezazleni kao golubovi. 17A èuvajte se od ljudi; jer æe vas oni predati sudovima, i po zbornicama svojijem biæe vas. 18I pred vlastelje i careve vodiæe vas mene radi za svjedoèanstvo njima i neznabošcima. 19A kad vas predadu, ne brinite se kako æete ili šta æete govoriti; jer æe vam se u onaj èas dati šta æete kazati. 20Jer vi neæete govoriti, nego Duh oca vašega govoriæe iz vas. 21A predaæe brat brata na smrt i otac sina; i ustaæe djeca na roditelje i pobiæe ih. 22I svi æe mrziti na vas imena mojega radi; ali koji pretrpi do kraja blago njemu.

Commemorations

Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia (305)

“Of a noble senatorial family, he lived in Tarsus in Cilicia and suffered in the reign of Diocletian. Although only eighteen years old when he was taken for trial for the Faith, St Julian was already both educated and resolute in Christian faith and devotion. The imperial governor took him from city to city for a whole year, torturing him all the while and attempting to persuade him to renounce Christ. Julian’s mother followed her son at a distance. When the governor seized her and sent her to urge her son to renounce Christ, she spent three days in the prison with him, giving him precisely the opposite advice, teaching him and giving him the strength not to lose heart but to go to his death with courage and gratitude to God. His torturers then sewed Julian into a sack of sand with scorpions and snakes and threw him into the sea, and his mother also died under torture. The waves carried his body onto the shore, and the faithful took it to Alexandria, where they buried it in 290. His relics were later taken to Antioch. St John Chrysostom himself gave an eulogy for the holy martyr Julian: ‘A holy voice comes forth from the lips of the martyr, and with this voice is poured out a light brighter than the rays of the sun.’ He said further: ‘Take whomsoever you will, be he a madman or one possessed, and lead him to the grave of this saint, to the martyr’s relics, and you will see the demon immediately jump out and flee as from blazing fire.’ It is evident from this speech that many wonders must have been wrought at St Julian’s grave.” (Prologue)

Our Holy Fathers Julius and Julian (5th c.)

They were brothers from Greece, Christians from childhood; Julius was a priest, Julian a deacon. At the command of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger, they set out as missionaries to destroy idols and bring the people to faith in Christ throughout the Empire. During their lifetime they built a hundred churches and brought thousands to Christ. They reposed in peace near Milan: that city’s people once invoked St Julius for help against wolves.