30. јул 2028.
8th Sunday after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy
Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251)
Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania.

Scripture Readings

John 20.11-18 (8th Matins Gospel)

11A Marija stajaše napolju kod groba i plakaše. I kad plakaše nadviri se nad grob, 12I vidje dva anðela u bijelijem haljinama gdje sjede jedan èelo glave a jedan èelo nogu gdje bješe ležalo tijelo Isusovo. 13I rekoše joj oni: ženo! što plaèeš? Reèe im: uzeše Gospoda mojega, i ne znam gdje ga metnuše. 14I ovo rekavši obazre se natrag, i vidje Isusa gdje stoji, i ne znadijaše da je Isus. 15Isus joj reèe: ženo! što plaèeš? koga tražiš? A ona misleæi da je vrtar reèe mu: gospodine! ako si ga ti uzeo kaži mi gdje si ga metnuo, i ja æu ga uzeti. 16Isus joj reèe: Marija! A ona obazrevši se reèe mu: Ravuni! koje znaèi uèitelju. 17Reèe joj Isus: ne dohvataj se do mene, jer se još ne vratih k ocu svojemu; nego idi k braæi mojoj, i kaži im: vraæam se k ocu svojemu i ocu vašemu, i Bogu svojemu i Bogu vašemu. 18A Marija Magdalina otide, i javi uèenicima da vidje Gospoda i kaza joj ovo.

1 Corinthians 1.10-18 (Epistle)

10Molim vas pak, braæo, imenom Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista da svi jedno govorite, i da ne budu meðu vama raspre, nego da budete utvrðeni u jednom razumu i u jednoj misli. 11Jer sam èuo za vas, braæo moja, od Hlojinijeh domašnjijeh da su svaðe meðu vama, 12A to kažem da jedan od vas govori: ja sam Pavlov; a drugi: ja sam Apolov; a treæi: ja sam Kifin; a èetvrti: ja sam Hristov. 13Eda li se Hristos razdijeli? Eda li se Pavle razape za vas? ili se u ime Pavlovo krstiste? 14Hvala Bogu što ja nijednoga od vas ne krstih osim Krispa i Gaja; 15Da ne reèe ko da u svoje ime krstih. 16A krstih i Stefanin dom: dalje ne znam jesam li koga drugog krstio. 17Jer Hristos ne posla mene da krstim, nego da propovijedam jevanðelje, ne premudrijem rijeèima, da ne izgubi silu krst Hristov. 18Jer je rijeè krstova ludost onima koji ginu; a nama je koji se spasavamo sila Božija.

Matthew 14.14-22 (Gospel)

14I izišavši Isus vidje mnogi narod, i sažali mu se za njih, i iscijeli bolesnike njihove. 15A pred veèe pristupiše k njemu uèenici njegovi govoreæi: ovdje je pusto mjesto, a dockan je veæ; otpusti narod neka ide u sela da kupi sebi hrane. 16A Isus reèe im: ne treba da idu; podajte im vi neka jedu. 17A oni rekoše mu: nemamo ovdje do samo pet hljebova i dvije ribe. 18A on reèe: donesite mi ih ovamo. 19I zapovjedi narodu da posjedaju po travi; pa uze onijeh pet hljebova i dvije ribe, i pogledavši na nebo blagoslovi, i prelomivši dade uèenicima svojijem, a uèenici narodu. 20I jedoše svi, i nasitiše se, i nakupiše komada što preteèe dvanaest kotarica punijeh. 21A onijeh što su jeli bješe ljudi oko pet hiljada, osim žena i djece. 22I odmah natjera Isus uèenike svoje da uðu u laðu i naprijed da idu na onu stranu dok on otpusti narod.

Commemorations

Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy

St Silas was a companion and fellow-worker of the Apostle Paul (see Acts 15). He became Bishop of Corinth and reposed in peace. St Silvanus became Bishop of Thessalonica and reposed in peace. St Crescens, mentioned by St Paul in 2 Timothy 4:10, became Bishop of Chalcedon. St Epenetus, praised by St Paul in Romans 16:5 as “my well-beloved Epenetus, the first-fruits of Achaia” (that is the first Christian from the Greek land) became Bishop of Carthage. St Andronicus and his fellow-worker Junia are also commemorated May 17.

Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251)

“When the Emperor Decius conquered Babylon, he arrested Polychronius, together with three priests, two deacons and two baptised princes, Eudin and Senis. Polychronius would make no reply before the Emperor, but kept silent, while St Parmenius, one of the priests, spoke for them all. The Emperor took the bishop and priests to Persia, to the city of Kordoba, and had them beheaded with an axe, but he took the princes with him to Rome, threw them first to the wild beasts and then had them slain with the sword. They all suffered with honour in 251.” (Prologue)

Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania.

She was the daughter of Scanderbeg, Albania’s national hero. She married Stefan, Prince of Serbia, a kinsman of Scanderbeg who sought refuge in his court. Stefan, a gentle, God-fearing man, had been blinded by the Turkish Sultan. Princess Angelina, loving him despite his loss of his vision and his worldly kingdom, married him with her father’s blessing. Together they had two sons, George and John. When their sons were grown, Albania was ravaged by an invasion of the Turks. Stefan, with Angelina and their sons, fled to Italy, where they lived until his repose in 1468. The widowed Angelina buried her husband in his Serbian homeland and devoted her remaining years to good works. Her elder son George gave up his princely title and entered monastic life. John married but died without children in 1503. When Angelina had outlived her two sons as well as her husband she too entered monastic life. She was buried with her sons at Krušedol monastery in northern Serbia. There her miracle-working relics are venerated to this day, and a service is held each year in her memory. She, her husband and her two sons are all glorified as saints of the Church.