Orthodox Calendar

29. јул 2028.
Saturday of the 8th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

  • Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250)
  • Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

Scripture Readings

Romans 13.1-10 (Epistle)

1Svaka duša da se pokorava vlastima koje vladaju; jer nema vlasti da nije od Boga, a što su vlasti, od Boga su postavljene. 2Tako koji se suproti vlasti suproti se naredbi Božijoj; a koji se suprote primiæe grijeh na sebe. 3Jer knezovi nijesu strah dobrijem djelima nego zlijem. Hoæeš li pak da se ne bojiš vlasti, èini dobro, i imaæeš hvalu od nje; 4Jer je sluga Božij tebi za dobro. Ako li zlo èiniš, boj se; jer uzalud ne nosi maèa, jer je Božij sluga, osvetnik na gnjev onome koji zlo èini. 5Tako se valja pokoravati ne samo od straha nego i po savjesti. 6Jer zato i poreze dajete; jer su sluge Božije koje su za to isto postavljene. 7Podajte dakle svakome šta ste dužni: kome dakle porezu, porezu; a kome carinu, carinu; a kome strah, strah; a kome èast, èast. 8I ne budite nikome ništa dužni osim da ljubite jedan drugoga; jer koji ljubi drugoga zakon ispuni. 9Jer ovo: ne èini preljube, ne ubij, ne ukradi, ne svjedoèi lažno, ne zaželi, i ako ima još kakva druga zapovijest, u ovoj se rijeèi izvršuje, to jest: ljubi bližnjega svojega kao samoga sebe. 10Ljubav ne èini zla bližnjemu; daklem je ljubav izvršenje zakona.

Matthew 12.30-37 (Gospel)

30Koji nije sa mnom, protiv mene je; i koji ne sabira sa mnom, prosipa. 31Zato vam kažem: svaki grijeh i hula oprostiæe se ljudima; a na Duha svetoga hula neæe se oprostiti ljudima. 32I ako ko reèe rijeè na sina èovjeèijega, oprostiæe mu se; a koji reèe na Duha svetoga, neæe mu se oprostiti ni na ovome svijetu ni na onome. 33Ili usadite drvo dobro, i rod njegov biæe dobar; ili usadite drvo zlo, i rod njegov zao biæe; jer se po rodu drvo poznaje. 34Porodi aspidini! kako možete dobro govoriti, kad ste zli? jer usta govore od suviška srca. 35Dobar èovjek iz dobre klijeti iznosi dobro; a zao èovjek iz zle klijeti iznosi zlo. 36A ja vam kažem da æe za svaku praznu rijeè koju reku ljudi dati odgovor u dan strašnoga suda. 37Jer æeš se svojijem rijeèima opravdati, i svojijem æeš se rijeèima osuditi.

Commemorations

Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250)

He was born in Cilicia to a pious family. He left all worldly things and devoted his life to preaching the Gospel of Christ, for which he was arrested in Ancyra by the governor Sacerdos. When he was commanded to worship the idols or suffer torture, Callinicus replied, ‘Every torture for my God is as welcome to me as bread to a hungry man.’ After harsh torture, the governor had him shod in shoes in which nails had been set pointing upright, and had him driven on foot to the town of Gangra. (The governor was afraid to keep him in Ancyra, since many of the people were turning to Christ through the Saint’s example.) On the way, when the soldiers became thirsty, Callinicus prayed to God and brought forth water from a rock. At Gangra he was thrown alive into a furnace. When the fire was out, his dead body was found completely unharmed.

Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

She was a maiden from Antioch who lived (perhaps as a slave) in the house of Sabina, wife of a Senator. When Seraphima brought the senator’s wife to faith in Christ, the governor summoned Seraphima before him. When she held firm in her faith, he cast her into prison and send several young men to her cell by night to defile her. When they arrived, she was praying to God, and an angel of the Lord appeared before them, clothed in light and bearing a sword; and the young men fell down unconscious. Finally, Seraphima received her martyr’s crown when she was beheaded by the governor’s order. Sabina, the senator’s wife, recovered and buried her body, from which a healing myrrh flowed. This was during the reign of Hadrian.