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6Koji razlikuje dane, Gospodu razlikuje; i koji ne razlikuje dana, Gospodu ne razlikuje. Koji jede, Gospodu jede: jer hvali Boga; i koji ne jede, Gospodu ne jede, i hvali Boga. 7Jer nijedan od nas ne živi sebi, i nijedan ne umire sebi. 8Jer ako živimo, Gospodu živimo; a ako umiremo, Gospodu umiremo. Ako dakle živimo, ako umiremo, Gospodnji smo. 9Jer zato Hristos i umrije i vaskrse i oživlje da oblada i mrtvima i živima.
32A Isus dozvavši uèenike svoje reèe: žao mi je ovoga naroda, jer veæ tri dana stoje kod mene i nemaju šta jesti; a nijesam ih rad otpustiti gladne da ne oslabe na putu. 33I rekoše mu uèenici njegovi: otkuda nam u pustinji toliki hljeb da se nasiti toliki narod? 34I reèe im Isus: koliko hljebova imate? A oni rekoše: sedam, i malo ribice. 35I zapovjedi narodu da posjedaju po zemlji. 36I uzevši onijeh sedam hljebova i ribe, i davši hvalu, prelomi, i dade uèenicima svojijem, a uèenici narodu. 37I jedoše svi, i nasitiše se; i nakupiše komada što preteèe sedam kotarica punijeh. 38A onijeh što su jeli bijaše èetiri hiljade ljudi, osim žena i djece. 39I otpustivši narod uðe u laðu, i doðe u okoline Magdalske.
He was a soldier in the Imperial army beginning under the pagan Emperor Maximian. He was a general under Constantine, and saw the Cross that appeared to the Emperor. After sixty years of military service, he retired to his home town and devoted himself to prayer, fasting and good works. A townsman, angry with a judgment that Eusignius had made to settle a dispute, denounced him to Julian the Apostate as a Christian. Summoned before Julian, he vigorously rebuked the Emperor for his apostasy from the Faith; for this he was beheaded, in advanced old age, in 362.
He was born in Rome and became a humble village priest; but when he was attending the election of a new Pope, a white dove was seen to descend on him and he was chosen to be Pope. Though humble and gentle, he was fearless for the faith, gathering the bodies of the martyrs, giving them burial, and building churches and shrines over their relics. According to the Prologue, he baptized the Emperor Philip and his son, also named Philip, as well as the senator Pontius; thus there were Christian emperors before St Constantine the Great. When Decius became Emperor, the persecution of Christians returned with terrible force, and Fabian was beheaded.
In her own lifetime she was a wonderworker through her holy prayers. She brought her husband back from idolatry to Christian faith; he later became bishop of Nazianzus. Her son Gregory’s profound and devout writings bespeak the Christian upbringing she gave him. By her prayers she once saved St Gregory from perishing in a storm. She was a deaconess, and reposed in peace in 374.