21. август 2028.
Monday of the 12nd week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44)
Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.)
Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Scripture Readings

2 Corinthians 5.10-15 (Epistle)

10Jer nam se svima valja javiti na sudu Hristovu, da primimo svaki što je koji u tijelu èinio, ili dobro ili zlo; 11Znajuæi dakle strah Gospodnji ljude svjetujemo; a Bogu smo poznati, a nadamo se da smo i u vašijem savjestima poznati. 12Jer se ne hvalimo opet pred vama, nego vama dajemo uzrok da se hvalite nama, da imate što odgovoriti onima koji se hvale onijem što je spolja a ne što je u srcu. 13Jer ako se odviše hvalimo, Bogu se hvalimo; ako li smo smjerni, vama smo. 14Jer ljubav Božija nagoni nas, kad mislimo ovo: ako jedan za sve umrije, to dakle svi umriješe. 15Hristos za sve umrije, da oni koji žive ne žive više sebi, nego onome koji za njih umrije i vaskrse.

Mark 1.9-15 (Gospel)

9I u to vrijeme doðe Isus iz Nazareta Galilejskoga, i krsti ga Jovan u Jordanu, 10I odmah izlazeæi iz vode vidje nebo gdje se otvori, i Duh kao golub siðe na nj. 11I glas doðe s neba: ti si sin moj ljubazni koji je po mojoj volji. 12I odmah Duh izvede ga u pustinju. 13I bi ondje u pustinji dana èetrdeset, i kuša ga sotona, i bi sa zvjerinjem, i anðeli služahu mu. 14A pošto predadoše Jovana, doðe Isus u Galileju propovijedajuæi jevanðelje o carstvu Božijemu 15I govoreæi: iziðe vrijeme i približi se carstvo Božije; pokajte se i vjerujte jevanðelje.

Commemorations

Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44)

He was by birth a Jew from Edessa; it was he who instructed king Avgar in the Faith and baptised him (see August 16). According to Eusebius he is not the Thaddeus who was one of the Twelve (Mt 10:3), but was one of the Seventy. After Christ’s Resurrection, he preached the Gospel in Mesopotamia and ended his life in martyrdom.

Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.)

“Bassa was the wife of a pagan priest, but she was secretly a Christian and brought her sons up in a Christian spirit. Her husband hated her for her faith, and handed her over to the judge for torture, together with her sons. After harsh torture, her sons were beheaded (it is thought, in Edessa in Macedonia). Bassa was filled with joy to see her sons thus gloriously finish their martyr’s course for Christ, and herself went with yet greater desire from torture to torture. When she was thrown into the sea, angels appeared to her and took her to an island in the Sea of Marmara, where she was slain with the sword under Maximian. Thus holy Bassa was in a twofold manner made worthy of the Kingdom of Christ: as a martyr and as the mother of martyrs.” (Prologue)

Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

They are also commemorated on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers, before Nativity.