27. октобар 2025.
Monday of the 21st week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)
Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)
Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

Scripture Readings

Philippians 4.10-23 (Epistle)

10Obradovah se pak vrlo u Gospodu što se opet opomenuste starati se za mene; kao što se i staraste, ali se nezgodnijem vremenom zadržaste. 11Ne govorim zbog nedostatka, jer se ja navikoh biti dovoljan onijem u èemu sam. 12Znam se i poniziti, znam i izobilovati; u svemu i svakojako navikoh, i sit biti, i gladovati, i izobilovati, i nemati. 13Sve mogu u Isusu Hristu, koji mi moæ daje. 14Ali dobro uèiniste što se primiste moje nevolje. 15A znate i vi, Filibljani, da od poèetka jevanðelja, kad iziðoh iz Maæedonije, nijedna mi crkva ne prista u stvar davanja i uzimanja osim vas jednijeh; 16Jer i u Solun i jednom i drugom poslaste mi u potrebu moju. 17Ne kao da tražim dara, nego tražim ploda koji se množi na korist vašu. 18A ja sam primio sve i imam izobila. Ispunio sam se primivši od Epafrodita što ste mi poslali, slatki miris, prilog prijatan, ugodan Bogu. 19A Bog moj da ispuni svaku potrebu vašu po bogatstvu svojemu u slavi, u Hristu Isusu. 20A Bogu i ocu našemu slava va vijek vijeka. Amin. 21Pozdravite svakoga svetog u Hristu Isusu. Pozdravljaju vas braæa što su sa mnom. 22Pozdravljaju vas svi sveti, a osobito koji su iz doma Æesareva. 23Blagodat Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista sa svima vama. Amin.

Luke 9.18-22 (Gospel)

18I kad se jedanput moljaše Bogu nasamo, s njim bijahu uèenici, i zapita ih govoreæi: ko govore ljudi da sam ja? 19A oni odgovarajuæi rekoše: jedni vele da si Jovan krstitelj, a drugi da si Ilija; a drugi da je koji ustao od starijeh proroka. 20A on im reèe: a vi šta mislite ko sam ja? A Petar odgovarajuæi reèe: Hristos Božij. 21A on im zaprijeti i zapovjedi da nikome ne kazuju toga 22Govoreæi da sinu èovjeèijemu treba mnogo postradati, i da æe ga starješine i glavari sveštenièki i književnici okriviti, i da æe ga ubiti, i treæi dan da æe ustati.

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan (1st c.)

These martyrs contested for the faith in Milan, and were beheaded under the Emperor Nero. Many years later, their relics were discovered by St Ambrose through a vision, and were given honorable burial.

Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (8th c.)

He was from Jerusalem. An orphan, he was adopted into the family of St John of Damascus (commemorated December 4). He became Bishop of Maiuma, a city on the coast of Palestine, which was later named Constantia. Like his adoptive brother he became a noted hymnographer: The Canon of the Cross (Sept. 14) and the Canon for Christ’s Nativity, “Christ is born, give ye glory…” are his compositions.

Saint Nicholas the Pious (Sviatosha), Prince of Chernigov (1143)

He was the first Russian prince to forsake the world and enter monastic life, at the Lavra of the Kiev Caves. Though his brothers according to the flesh tried to turn him back from his chosen path, he embraced monastic life zealously, amazing his fellow-monks by his humility and piety. Despite his rank, he insisted upon being treated like the simplest novice, performing the meanest tasks joyfully. In time his abbot allowed him to withdraw from the common life, living entirely in his cell in constant prayer. He reposed in peace in 1143. A few months later his brother Prince Iziaslav was healed of a grave illness when he put on St Nicholas’ hair shirt and drank some water from the monastery. The Prince asked to be clothed in the hairshirt on the day of his death.