11. септембар 2028.
Monday of the 15th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Our Holy Mother Theodora of Alexandria (490)
St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.)
St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.)
Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)

Scripture Readings

Galatians 2.11-16 (Epistle)

11A kad doðe Petar u Antiohiju, u oèi njemu protiv stadoh; jer bješe zazoran. 12Jer prije dok ne doðoše neki od Jakova, jeðaše s neznabošcima, a kad doðoše, ustruèavaše se i odvajaše bojeæi se onijeh koji su iz obrezanja. 13I dvolièahu s njim i ostali Judejci, tako da i Varnava prista u njihovo dvolièenje. 14A kad ja vidjeh da ne idu pravo k istini jevanðelja, rekoh Petru pred svima: kad ti koji si Jevrejin, neznabožaèki a ne Jevrejski živiš, zašto neznabošce nagoniš da žive Jevrejski? 15Mi koji smo roðeni Jevreji, a ne grješnici iz neznabožaca, 16Pa doznavši da se èovjek neæe opravdati djelima zakona, nego samo vjerom Isusa Hrista, i mi vjerovasmo Hrista Isusa da se opravdamo vjerom Hristovom, a ne djelima zakona: jer se djelima zakona nikakvo tijelo neæe opravdati.

Mark 5.24-34 (Gospel)

24I poðe s njim; i za njim iðaše naroda mnogo i turkahu ga. 25I žena nekakva koja je dvanaest godina bolovala od teèenja krvi 26I veliku muku podnijela od mnogijeh ljekara, i potrošila sve što je imala, i ništa joj nijesu pomogli, nego još gore naèinili, 27Kad je èula za Isusa, doðe u narodu sastrag, i dotaèe se haljine njegove. 28Jer govoraše: ako se samo dotaknem haljina njegovijeh ozdraviæu. 29I odmah presahnu izvor krvi njezine, i osjeti u tijelu da ozdravi od bolesti. 30I odmah Isus osjeti u sebi silu što iziðe iz njega, i obazrevši se na narod reèe: ko se to dotaèe mojijeh haljina? 31I rekoše mu uèenici njegovi: vidiš narod gdje te turka, pa pitaš: ko se dotaèe mene? 32I on se obziraše da vidi onu koja to uèini. 33A žena uplašivši se drktaše, i znajuæi što joj se dogodi, doðe i kleèe pred njim, i kaza mu svu istinu. 34A on reèe joj: kæeri! vjera tvoja pomože ti; idi s mirom, i budi zdrava od bolesti svoje.

Commemorations

Our Holy Mother Theodora of Alexandria (490)

While a young married woman, she committed adultery with another man. Seized by remorse, she fled her husband’s house, dressed herself as a man, renamed herself Theodore, and entered a men’s monastery, pretending to be a eunuch. “Theodore“‘s fasts, prayers, vigils and tears amazed “his” brethren. Her secret was only discovered after her death. She had spent nine full years devoting her life to repentance for one sin. During her life she showed herself to be a wonderworker, taming wild beasts and healing sicknesses. Her husband came to her funeral, then lived until his death in the cell of his former wife.

St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.)

His icon is found in countless Orthodox kitchens. A simple and holy man, when he entered monastic life in Alexandria he was judged unfit for any service more demanding than kitchen work. There he labored without complaint, looked down upon by most of the other monks. One night the abbot dreamed that he was in Paradise, and there met Euphrosynos, who gave him a branch that bore three fragrant apples. Awakening, the abbot found the same apples on his pillow. He hurried to find Euphrosynos and asked him, `Where were you last night, brother?’ Euphrosynos only replied, `Where were you, Father?’ The abbot gathered the monks and told them the wonderful story, by which they all realized the cook’s holiness. But Euphrosynos, unwilling to endure the praise of men, fled the monastery for the desert.

St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.)

“A bishop of the Egyptian Thebaid, he suffered greatly for the Orthodox faith: heretics put out one of his eyes and broke his left leg. He took part in the First Ecumenical Council, refuting the Arian heresy with great power. The Emperor Constantine valued him greatly and often kissed him on the missing eye, lost for the truth of Orthodoxy. At the council, he stood in opposition to the western representatives, who proposed that secular priests be completely forbidden to marry. He was chaste throughout the whole of his life.” (Prologue)

Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)

She is commemorated on January 24.