Scripture Readings
2 Corinthians 3.4-11 (Epistle)
4A takovo pouzdanje imamo kroz Hrista u Boga,
5Ne da smo vrsni od sebe pomisliti što, kao od sebe, nego je naša vrsnoæa od Boga;
6Koji i uèini nas vrsne da budemo sluge novom zavjetu, ne po slovu nego po duhu; jer slovo ubija, a duh oživljuje.
7Ako li služba smrti koja je u kamenju izrezana slovima, bi u slavi da sinovi Izrailjevi ne mogoše pogledati na lice Mojsijevo od slave lica njegova koja prestaje:
8Akamoli neæe mnogo veæma služba duha biti u slavi?
9Jer kad je služba osuðenja slava, mnogo veæma izobiluje služba pravde u slavi.
10Jer i nije slavno što se proslavi s ove strane prema prevelikoj slavi.
11Jer kad je slavno ono što prestaje, mnogo æe veæma biti u slavi ono što ostaje.
Colossians 1.12-18
(Epistle, Слика)
12Zahvaljujuæi Bogu i ocu, koji nas prizva u dijel našljedstva svetijeh u vidjelu;
13Koji nas izbavi od vlasti tamne, i premjesti nas u carstvo sina ljubavi svoje,
14U kome imamo izbavljenje krvlju njegovom i oproštenje grijeha;
15Koji je oblièje Boga što se ne vidi, koji je roðen prije svake tvari.
16Jer kroz njega bi sazdano sve što je na nebu i što je na zemlji, što se vidi i što se ne vidi, bili prijestoli ili gospodstva ili poglavarstva, ili vlasti: sve se kroza nj i za nj sazda.
17I on je prije svega, i sve je u njemu.
18I on je glava tijelu crkve, koji je poèetak i prvoroðeni iz mrtvijeh, da bude on u svemu prvi;
Matthew 23.29-39 (Gospel)
29Teško vama književnici i fariseji, licemjeri, što zidate grobove prorocima i krasite rake pravednika,
30I govorite: da smo mi bili u vrijeme svojijeh otaca, ne bismo s njima pristali u krv proroka.
31Tijem samo svjedoèite za sebe da ste sinovi onijeh koji su pobili proroke.
32I vi dopunite mjeru otaca svojijeh.
33Zmije, porodi aspidini! kako æete pobjeæi od presude u oganj pakleni?
34Zato evo ja æu k vama poslati proroke i premudre i književnike; i vi æete jedne pobiti i raspeti, a jedne biti po zbornicama svojima i goniti od grada do grada,
35Da doðe na vas sva krv pravedna što je prolivena na zemlji od krvi Avelja pravednoga do krvi Zarije sina Varahijna, kojega ubiste meðu crkvom i oltarom.
36Zaista vam kažem da æe ovo sve doæi na rod ovaj.
37Jerusalime, Jerusalime, koji ubijaš proroke i zasipaš kamenjem poslane k sebi! koliko puta htjeh da skupim èeda tvoja, kao što kokoš skuplja piliæe svoje pod krila, i ne htjeste!
38Eto æe vam se ostaviti vaša kuæa pusta.
39Jer vam kažem: neæete mene vidjeti otsele dok ne reèete: blagosloven koji ide u ime Gospodnje.
Luke 9.51-56, 10.22-24
(Gospel, Слика)
51A kad se navršiše dani uzeæa njegova, on namjeri da ide pravo u Jerusalim.
52I posla glasnike pred licem svojijem; i oni otidoše i doðoše u selo Samarjansko da mu ugotove gdje æe noæiti.
53I ne primiše ga; jer vidješe da ide u Jerusalim.
54A kad vidješe uèenici njegovi Jakov i Jovan, rekoše: Gospode! hoæeš li da reèemo da oganj siðe s neba i da ih istrijebi kao i Ilija što uèini?
55A on okrenuvši se zaprijeti im i reèe: ne znate kakvoga ste vi duha;
56Jer sin èovjeèij nije došao da pogubi duše èovjeèije nego da saèuva. I otidoše u drugo selo.
22I okrenuvši se k uèenicima reèe: sve je meni predao otac moj, i niko ne zna ko je sin osim oca, ni ko je otac osim sina, i ako sin hoæe kome kazati.
23I okrenuvši se k uèenicima nasamo reèe: blago oèima koje vide što vi vidite.
24Jer vam kažem da su mnogi proroci i carevi željeli vidjeti što vi vidite, i ne vidješe; i èuti što vi èujete, i ne èuše.
Commemorations
Translation of the Image Not-Made-By-Hands of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944)
The Third “Feast of the Savior” in August While the Lord was preaching in Palestine, his fame reached a king Avgar of Edessa, who suffered from leprosy. Avgar sent a messenger named Ananias to ask whether the Lord could heal his illness. The king also charged Ananias, if he was unable to bring back Jesus Himself, to bring back a likeness of Him. When Ananias found Jesus, the Lord told him that he could not come to Edessa since the time of His passion was at hand. But he took a cloth and washed His face, miraculously leaving a perfect image of His face on the cloth. Ananias brought the holy image back to the king, who reverently kissed it. Immediately his leprosy was healed, save for a small lesion that remained on his forehead. Later the Apostle Thaddeus came to Edessa, preaching the gospel, and Avgar and his household were baptized, at which time his remaining leprosy vanished. The king had the holy likeness mounted on wood and displayed above the city gate for all to revere. But Avgar’s grandson returned to idolatry, and the Bishop of Edessa had the image hidden in the city wall to prevent it from being defiled. Many years later, when the Persian king Chosroes besieged Edessa, the Bishop Eulabius was told in a vision to find the sealed chamber, whose location had been forgotten. The holy icon was found, completely incorrupt, and by its power the Persian army was driven off. In the year 944 the image was brought to Constantinople and enshrined in the Church of the Theotokos called the Pharos. This is the event commemorated today.
Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia (298)
He is one of the Holy Unmercenary Physicians, a physician who practiced in Tarsus during the reign of Diocletian. Around 288 he came to Nicaea, where he healed many bodies by his medical arts and many souls through his preaching of the Gospel of Christ. The Emperor Diocletian sent men to arrest him, but when they arrived they found that he had already reposed. They cut off his head to take it back to the Emperor, and for this abomination were all struck blind. When Diocletian saw St Diomedes’ head, he ordered the men to return it to the body from which they had taken it. As soon as they had done so, their sight was restored.