No Fast
16A jedanaest uèenika otidoše u Galileju u goru kuda im je kazao Isus. 17I kad ga vidješe, pokloniše mu se; a jedni posumnjaše. 18I pristupivši Isus reèe im govoreæi: dade mi se svaka vlast na nebu i na zemlji. 19Idite dakle i nauèite sve narode krsteæi ih va ime oca i sina i svetoga Duha, 20Uèeæi ih da sve drže što sam vam zapovijedao; i evo ja sam s vama u sve dane do svršetka vijeka. Amin.
1Ali vam napominjem, braæo, jevanðelje, koje vam objavih, koje i primiste, u kome i stojite, 2Kojijem se i spasavate, ako držite kako vam objavih; veæ ako da uzalud vjerovaste. 3Jer vam najprije predadoh što i primih da Hristos umrije za grijehe naše, po pismu, 4I da bi ukopan, i da usta treæi dan, po pismu, 5I da se javi Kifi, potom jedanaestorici apostola; 6A potom ga vidješe jednom više od pet stotina braæe, od kojijeh mnogi žive i sad, a neki i pomriješe; 7A potom se javi Jakovu, pa onda svima apostolima; 8A poslije sviju javi se i meni, kao kakvom nedonošèetu. 9Jer sam ja najmlaði meðu apostolima, koji nijesam dostojan nazvati se apostol, jer gonih crkvu Božiju. 10Ali po blagodati Božijoj jesam što jesam, i blagodat njegova što je u meni ne osta prazna, nego se potrudih više od sviju njih, ali ne ja nego blagodat Božija koja je sa mnom. 11Bio dakle ja ili oni, tako propovijedamo, i tako vjerovaste.
16I gle, neko pristupivši reèe mu: uèitelju blagi! kakovo æu dobro da uèinim da imam život vjeèni? 17A on reèe mu: što me zoveš blagijem? niko nije blag osim jednoga Boga. A ako želiš uæi u život, drži zapovijesti. 18Reèe mu: koje? A Isus reèe: da ne ubiješ; ne èiniš preljube; ne ukradeš; ne svjedoèiš lažno; 19Poštuj oca i mater; i ljubi bližnjega svoga kao samog sebe. 20Reèe mu mladiæ: sve sam ovo saèuvao od mladosti svoje; šta mi još treba? 21Reèe mu Isus: ako hoæeš savršen da budeš, idi prodaj sve što imaš i podaj siromasima; i imaæeš blago na nebu; pa hajde za mnom. 22A kad èu mladiæ rijeè, otide žalostan; jer bijaše vrlo bogat. 23A Isus reèe uèenicima svojijem: zaista vam kažem da je teško bogatome uæi u carstvo nebesko. 24I još vam kažem: lakše je kamili proæi kroz iglene uši negoli bogatome uæi u carstvo Božije. 25A kad to èuše uèenici, divljahu se vrlo govoreæi: ko se dakle može spasti? 26A Isus pogledavši na njih reèe im: ljudima je ovo nemoguæe, a Bogu je sve moguæe.
“He was an Egyptian by birth and a great Egyptian ascetic. As a boy, he visited various spiritual teachers and gathered proven experience as a bee gathers honey from flowers. Pimen once begged the elder Paul to take him to St Païsius. Seeing him, Païsius said: ‘This child will save many; the hand of God is on him.’ In time, Pimen became a monk and drew two of his brothers to monasticism. Their mother once came to see her sons, but Pimen would not allow her in, asking through the door: ‘Which do you want more: to see us here and now, or in the other world in eternity?’ Their mother went away joy-fully, saying: ‘If I will see you for certain there, I don’t need to see you here.’ In the monastery of these three brothers, governed by the eldest, Abba Anoub, the rule was as follows: at night, four hours were passed in manual work, four hours in sleep and four in reading the Psalter. The day was passed, from morning to noon, in alternate work and prayer, from mid-day to Vespers in reading and after Vespers they prepared their meal, the only one in the twenty—four hours, and this usually of some sort of cabbage. Pimen himself said about their life: ‘We ate what was to hand. No-one ever said: “Give me something else”, or “I won’t eat that”. In that way, we spent our whole life in silence and peace.’ He lived in the fifth century, and entered peacefully into rest in great old age.” (Prologue)
His name means “shepherd”. Many of his words can be found in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
“Little is known of the holy Martyr Phanurius, except that which is depicted concerning his martyrdom on his holy icon, which was discovered in the year 1500 among the ruins of an ancient church on Rhodes, when the Moslems ruled there. Thus he is called “the Newly-Revealed.” The faithful pray to Saint Phanurius especially to help them recover things that have been lost, and because he has answered their prayers so often, the custom has arisen of baking the Phaneropita (‘Phanarius-Cake’) as a thank-offering.” (Great Horologion)
There is a tradition that his mother was a great sinner, and that he was unable to convert her in her lifetime. After her death he prayed more for her salvation than for his own. As he was being stoned to death, he prayed: ‘For the sake of these my sufferings, Lord, help all those who will pray to Thee for the salvation of Phanurius’ sinful mother.’ So, in Egypt, where he is much revered, many Christians pray ‘O Lord, save Phanurius’ mother and help me, a sinner.’