1 Corinthians 14.6-19 (Epistle)

6A sad, braæo, ako doðem k vama jezike govoreæi, kaku æu korist uèiniti ako vam ne govorim ili u otkrivenju, ili u razumu, ili u proroštvu, ili u nauci? 7Kao neke stvari bezdušne koje daju glas, bila svirala ili gusle, ako razlièna glasa ne daju, kako æe se razumjeti šta se svira ili gudi? 8Jer ako truba da nerazgovijetan glas, ko æe se pripraviti na boj? 9Tako i vi ako nerazumljivu rijeè reèete jezikom, kako æe se razumjeti šta govorite? Jer æete govoriti u vjetar. 10Ima na svijetu Bog zna koliko razliènijeh glasova, ali nijedan nije bez znaèenja. 11Ako dakle ne znam sile glasa, biæu nijemac onome kome govorim, i onaj koji govori biæe meni nijemac. 12Tako i vi, buduæi da se starate za duhovne darove, gledajte da budete onima bogati koji su na popravljanje crkve. 13Zato koji govori jezikom neka se moli Bogu da kazuje. 14Jer ako se jezikom molim Bogu, moj se duh moli, a um je moj bez ploda. 15Šta æe se dakle èiniti? Moliæu se Bogu duhom, a moliæu se i umom; hvaliæu Boga duhom, a hvaliæu i umom. 16Jer kad blagosloviš duhom kako æe onaj koji stoji mjesto prostaka reæi amin po tvome blagoslovu, kad ne zna šta govoriš? 17Ti dobro zahvaljuješ, ali se drugi ne popravlja. 18Hvala Bogu mojemu što govorim jezike veæma od sviju vas. 19Ali u crkvi volim pet rijeèi umom svojijem reæi, da se i drugi pomognu, negoli hiljadu rijeèi jezikom.

Matthew 20.17-28 (Gospel)

17I pošavši Isus u Jerusalim uze nasamo dvanaest uèenika na putu, i reèe im: 18Evo idemo u Jerusalim, i sin èovjeèij biæe predan glavarima sveštenièkijem i književnicima; i osudiæe ga na smrt; 19I predaæe ga neznabošcima da mu se rugaju i da ga biju i razapnu; i treæi dan ustaæe. 20Tada pristupi k njemu mati sinova Zevedejevijeh sa svojijem sinovima klanjajuæi mu se i moleæi ga za nešto. 21A on joj reèe: šta hoæeš? Reèe mu: zapovjedi da sjedu ova moja dva sina, jedan s desne strane tebi, a jedan s lijeve strane tebi, u carstvu tvojemu. 22A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe: ne znate šta ištete; možete li piti èašu koju æu ja piti, i krstiti se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim? Rekoše mu: možemo. 23I reèe im: èašu dakle moju ispiæete, i krstiæete se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim; ali da sjedete s desne strane meni i s lijeve, ne mogu ja dati, nego kome je ugotovio otac moj. 24I kad èuše ostalijeh deset uèenika, rasrdiše se na ta dva brata. 25A Isus dozvavši ih reèe: znajte da knezovi narodni zapovijedaju narodu, i poglavari upravljaju njim. 26Ali meðu vama da ne bude tako; nego koji hoæe da bude veæi meðu vama, da vam služi. 27I koji hoæe meðu vama da bude prvi, da vam bude sluga. 28Kao što ni sin èovjeèij nije došao da mu služe, nego da služi i da dušu svoju u otkup da za mnoge.

Sts Isaac, Dalmatus and Faustus, ascetics of the Dalmatian Monastery, Constantinople (5th c.)

St Isaac is also commemorated May 30; see his life there. St Dalmatus was a soldier in the Imperial army, but along with his son Faustus left all to become a monk at the monastery founded by St Isaac. He was present at the Third Ecumenical Council at Ephesus in 431; there he labored zealously for the Orthodox faith against Patriarch Nestorius. He was made Archimandrite of all the monasteries in Constantinople, and reposed in peace, having lived for more than eighty years.

Holy Myrrh-bearer Salome

She was the mother of the Apostles James and John, the wife of Zebedee, and the daughter of Joseph the Betrothed, who was a widower when he became betrothed to the Mother of God. She was a disciple of the Lord and one of the Myrrh-bearing women who first brought tidings of the Resurrection to the world.

Our Holy Father Antony the Roman (1148)

He was born in Rome in 1086 to wealthy and pious parents. When the Roman Church broke away from the Orthodox around that time, those who continued to uphold Orthodoxy, Antony among them, were persecuted. Antony gave away his worldly possessions and fled to a small rocky island in the sea, where he spent fourteen months in asceticism. During this time, the island miraculously floated like a ship to Novgorod. There, Archbishop Nikita received the young monk and helped him to build a church to the holy Theotokos, which in time became a monastery. St Anthony served there as abbot for many years, reposing in peace in 1148.

Holy Martyr Razhden the Persian, Protomartyr of Georgia (457)

Razhden was of a noble Persian family, and a Zoroastrian. When the holy King Vakhtang Gorgasali of Georgia married Balendukht, the daughter of the Persian king Hormizd III, she took Razhden with her to Georgia. In Kartli he became a Christian, and King Vakhtang gave him an estate and made him a military adviser and commander. Angered that Vakhtang was a Christian, the Persian king Peroz (reigned 457–484) invaded Georgia with an enormous army, and Razhden fought bravely against him. Peroz ordered him taken captive. He was brought bound before the King, who greeted him with feigned tenderness and asked why he had turned from the faith of his fathers; and Razhden declared without fear that Christianity is the only true faith, and Christ the only true Saviour of mankind. Peroz had him beaten without mercy: his teeth were knocked out, he was dragged across jagged rocks, and he was cast into prison in heavy chains.

When the Georgian nobles heard of his sufferings, they came to Peroz and asked him to set Razhden free. Peroz released him on his vow to return. Razhden went to Mtskheta, took leave of his family and of King Vakhtang and, though those who loved him begged him not to, went back to Peroz. When he still would not return to the religion of his fathers, Peroz sent him to the Persian camp at Tsromi, in central Georgia, and secretly ordered its commander to make him renounce Christ or put him to death. To these appeals Razhden replied: “Your flattery and bribes are insulting to me. With joy I am prepared to endure every suffering for the sake of Christ!” The Persians condemned him with the words “If he hopes in the Crucified One, then he also is fit to suffer crucifixion!” They crucified him and shot him with arrows. His last words were “Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commit my spirit!” He died on the cross in 457. That night Christians took his body down from the cross and buried it in secret. Some years later King Vakhtang translated his relics from Tsromi to Nikozi and laid them in the cathedral he had built there, and he built churches in his honour at Ujarma and Samgori. He is the first martyr of the Church of Georgia. (Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze, The Lives of the Georgian Saints)