No Fast
26Jer pogledajte znanje svoje, braæo, da nema ni mnogo premudrijeh po tijelu, ni mnogo silnijeh ni mnogo plemenitijeh; 27Nego što je ludo pred svijetom ono izabra Bog da posrami premudre; i što je slabo pred svijetom ono izabra Bog da posrami jako; 28I što je neplemenito pred svijetom i uništeno izabra Bog, i što nije, da uništi ono što jest, 29Da se ne pohvali nijedno tijelo pred Bogom.
20Braæo! ne budite djeca umom, nego pakošæu djetinjite, a umom budite savršeni. 21U zakonu piše: drugijem jezicima i drugijem usnama govoriæu narodu ovome, i ni tako me neæe poslušati, govori Gospod. 22Zato su jezici za znak ne onima koji vjeruju, nego koji ne vjeruju; a proroštvo ne onima koji ne vjeruju, nego koji vjeruju. 23Ako se dakle skupi crkva sva na jedno mjesto, i svi uzgovorite jezicima, a doðu i prostaci, ili nevjernici, neæe li reæi da ste poludjeli? 24A ako svi prorokuju, i doðe kakav nevjernik ili prostak, bude pokaran od sviju i suðen od sviju. 25I tako tajne srca njegova bivaju javljene, i tako padnuvši nièice pokloniæe se Bogu, i kazaæe da je zaista Bog s vama.
21A Isus im opet reèe: ja idem, i tražiæete me; i pomrijeæete u svojemu grijehu; kud ja idem vi ne možete doæi. 22Tada rekoše Jevreji: da se neæe sam ubiti, što govori: kud ja idem vi ne možete doæi? 23I reèe im: vi ste od nižijeh, ja sam od višijeh; vi ste od ovoga svijeta, ja nijesam od ovoga svijeta. 24Tako vam kazah da æete pomrijeti u grijesima svojima; jer ako ne uzvjerujete da sam ja, pomrijeæete u grijesima svojima. 25Tada mu govorahu: ko si ti? I reèe im Isus: poèetak, kako vam i kažem. 26Mnogo imam za vas govoriti i suditi; ali onaj koji me posla istinit je, i ja ono govorim svijetu što èuh od njega. 27Ne razumješe dakle da im govoraše za oca. 28A Isus im reèe: kad podignete sina èovjeèijega, onda æete doznati da sam ja, i da ništa sam od sebe ne èinim; nego kako me nauèi otac moj onako govorim. 29I onaj koji me posla sa mnom je. Ne ostavi otac mene sama; jer ja svagda èinim što je njemu ugodno. 30Kad ovo govoraše, mnogi ga vjerovaše.
31I doðe u Kapernaum grad Galilejski, i uèaše ih u subote. 32I èuðahu se nauci njegovoj; jer njegova besjeda bješe silna. 33I u zbornici bješe èovjek u kome bješe neèisti duh ðavolski, i povika iza glasa 34Govoreæi: proði se, šta je tebi do nas, Isuse Nazareæanine? Došao si da nas pogubiš? Znam te ko si, svetac Božij. 35I zaprijeti mu Isus govoreæi: umukni, i iziði iz njega. I oborivši ga ðavo na srijedu, iziðe iz njega, i nimalo mu ne naudi. 36I u sve uðe strah, i govorahu jedan drugome govoreæi: kakva je to rijeè, da vlašæu i silom zapovijeda neèistijem duhovima, i izlaze?
His story is told in the Old Testament book that bears his name. He is counted as one of the twelve ‘minor prophets.’ According to one tradition recorded in the Synaxaria, he was the son of the widow of Zarephath, resurrected by the holy Elias (July 20).
The song of Jonah, I called to the Lord out of my distress (Jonah 2:2-9) is the Sixth Biblical Ode of the Matins canon, and forms the basis of countless troparia, many of which meditate upon the Jonah’s time in the belly of the sea-monster as a type of Christ’s sojourn in the tomb. The Book of Jonah is read in its entirety on Holy Saturday.
The Prophet Jonah is commemorated tomorrow, September 22, on the Slavic calendar.
He was one of the Seventy appointed by Christ Himself. After Christ’s Ascension, Quadratus preached the Gospel in Athens, then served as a bishop in Athens, then in Magnesia. He was stoned by the pagans, then imprisoned and starved to death in prison. It is said that he wrote a defense of the Christian faith which caused the Emperor Hadrian to decree that Christians were not to be persecuted without special cause. He was buried in Magnesia.
He was a peasant named Hilarion in the district of Vologda, and lived a simple, laboring life until he began to lose his sight. Not despairing, Hilarion went to all the churches nearby and asked that services of intercession be offered for him. One day, during the Divine Liturgy, Hilarion beheld a man in white clothing who told him that his name was Cosmas, blessed him, and told him that he would soon be healed. The next day Hilarion was going to church again and the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian appeared to him along with an icon of the Mother of God. A voice from the icon said that the people must cleanse the place where he stood and erect a cross there. Upon venerating the icon, Hilarion was instantly and completely healed. Returning to his village, he joyfully told what had happened. The villagers cleansed the place, as commanded in Hilarion’s vision, set up a cross, and built a chapel to house the icon, which began to work many miracles. When the bishop learned of these events, he determined to found a monastery on that spot, and made Hilarion the first monk, giving him the name of Joseph. Saint Joseph spent the next thirty years there in prayer and great asceticism: he would spend the winter nights without sleep, standing in prayer before the miraculous icon of the Theotokos. He reposed in peace and was buried in the chapel that he and his fellow-villagers had built years before.
St Dimitri is commemorated October 28.