John 21.1-14 (10th Matins Gospel)

1Poslije toga opet se javi Isus uèenicima svojijem na moru Tiverijadskom. A javi se ovako: 2Bijahu zajedno Simon Petar i Toma koji se zvaše Blizanac, i Natanailo iz Kane Galilejske, i sinovi Zevedejevi, i druga dvojica od uèenika njegovijeh. 3Reèe im Simon Petar: idem da lovim ribu. Rekoše mu: idemo i mi s tobom. Onda iziðoše i odmah sjedoše u laðu, i onu noæ ne uhvatiše ništa. 4A kad bi jutro, stade Isus na brijegu; ali uèenici ne poznaše da je Isus. 5A Isus im reèe: djeco! eda što imate za jelo? Odgovoriše mu: nemamo. 6A on im reèe: bacite mrežu s desne strane laðe, i naæi æete. Onda baciše, i veæ ne mogahu izvuæi je od mnoštva ribe. 7Onda uèenik onaj koga ljubljaše Isus reèe Petru: to je Gospod. A Simon Petar kad èu da je Gospod, zapreže se košuljom, jer bješe go, i skoèi u more. 8A drugi uèenici doðoše na laði, jer ne bješe daleko od zemlje nego oko dvjesta lakata, vukuæi mrežu s ribom. 9Kad dakle izljezoše na zemlju, vidješe oganj naložen, i na njemu metnutu ribu i hljeb. 10Isus im reèe: prinesite od ribe što sad uhvatiste. 11A Simon Petar uðe i izvuèe mrežu na zemlju punu velikijeh riba sto i pedeset i tri; i od tolikoga mnoštva ne prodrije se mreža. 12Isus im reèe: hodite objedujte. A nijedan od uèenika ne smedijaše da ga pita: ko si ti? videæi da je Gospod. 13A doðe i Isus, i uze hljeb, i dade im, tako i ribu. 14Ovo se veæ treæi put javi Isus uèenicima svojijem pošto ustade iz mrtvijeh.

Galatians 2.16-20 (Epistle)

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. 17Ako li se mi koji tražimo da se opravdamo Hristom, naðosmo i sami grješnici, dakle je Hristos grijehu sluga? Bože saèuvaj! 18Jer ako opet zidam ono što razvalih, pokazujem se da sam prestupnik. 19Jer ja zakonom zakonu umrijeh da Bogu živim; s Hristom se razapeh. 20A ja više ne živim, nego živi u meni Hristos. A što sad živim u tijelu, živim vjerom sina Božijega, kojemu omiljeh, i predade sebe za mene.

Luke 16.19-31 (Gospel)

19Èovjek neki pak bješe bogat, koji se oblaèaše u skerlet i u svilu, i življaše svaki dan gospodski i veseljaše se. 20A bijaše jedan siromah, po imenu Lazar, koji ležaše pred njegovijem vratima gnojav, 21I željaše da se nasiti mrvama koje padahu s trpeze bogatoga; još i psi dolažahu i lizahu gnoj njegov. 22A kad umrije siromah, odnesoše ga anðeli u naruèje Avraamovo; a umrije i bogati, i zakopaše ga. 23I u paklu kad bješe u mukama podiže oèi svoje i ugleda izdaleka Avraama i Lazara u naruèju njegovu, 24I povikavši reèe: oèe Avraame! smiluj se na me i pošlji mi Lazara neka umoèi u vodu vrh od prsta svojega, i da mi rashladi jezik; jer se muèim u ovome plamenu. 25A Avraam reèe: sinko! opomeni se da si ti primio dobra svoja u životu svome, i Lazar opet zla; a sad se on tješi, a ti se muèiš. 26I preko svega toga postavljena je meðu nama i vama velika propast, da oni koji bi htjeli odovud k vama prijeæi, ne mogu, niti oni otuda k nama da prelaze. 27Tada reèe: molim te dakle, oèe, da ga pošalješ kuæi oca mojega, 28Jer imam pet braæe: neka im posvjedoèi da ne bi i oni došli na ovo mjesto muèenja. 29Reèe mu Avraam: oni imaju Mojsija i proroke, neka njih slušaju. 30A on reèe: ne, oèe Avraame! nego ako im doðe ko iz mrtvijeh pokajaæe se. 31A Avraam mu reèe: ako ne slušaju Mojsija i proroka, da ko i iz mrtvijeh ustane neæe vjerovati.

Holy Great Martyr Artemius (362)

He came from a noble family, and was appointed military Governor of Alexandria and Egypt by the Emperor Constantine the Great. Some years later, the Emperor Julian the Apostate strove to restore pagan idolatry as the official religion of the Empire. He also entered into a war with Persia, and established Antioch as his headquarters for pursuing the war. In Alexandria, Artemius received an order to come to Antioch with the military forces under his command. Artemius reported to the apostate Emperor just in time to see him ordering the cruel execution of two pious Christians, Eugenius and Macarius. Fearlessly, St Artemius immediately denounced the Emperor, telling him to his face that his anti-Christian policy was of demonic origin. The enraged Emperor instantly had Artemius stripped of all official rank and thrown into prison. The following day, he had Artemius brought before him and promised him high Imperial office if he would only renounce Christ and worship the idols. When Artemius forcefully refused to do this, he was publicly tortured to death. A pious noblewoman secretly recovered the Saint’s relics and took them to Constantinople, where they were venerated and wrought many miracles for several centuries.

St Gerasimus the New, ascetic of Cephalonia (1579)

He was born in southern Greece. As a young man he left home and, after traveling to seek out guides in the ascetic life, he came to Mt Athos, where he was tonsured as a monk. Some years later he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and there was ordained to the priesthood by Patriarch Germanus of Jerusalem. Once, while living in Jerusalem, he went into the Jordanian desert for forty days of fasting and prayer, in imitation of the Lord. After more travels through Sinai and Egypt, he came to the Greek island of Zakynthos, where he lived alone in an isolated cave, sustaining himself only on vegetables. But his holiness soon attracted many of the faithful, who came to him for blessing and counsel. Mindful of the advice that nothing is more harmful to a monk as the praise of men, he fled to the island of Cephalonia, where he again took up life in a secluded cave. But once again he became known, and even more pilgrims gathered around him in search of spiritual nurture. This time, God made known to him that he must leave his beloved solitude in order to minister to others; so he founded a monastery called New Jerusalem on the island. St Gerasimus lived to a great age, and was granted foreknowledge of the day of his death. His relics are preserved on Cephalonia, “complete and incorrupt, as if he were asleep,” according to the Synaxarion.

St Jonah, Bishop of Manchuria (1925) (October 7 OC)

Note: St Jonah’s commemoration is October 7 on the Old Calendar, which falls on this day of the New Calendar.

He was orphaned in Russia at a young age, and, after attending the seminary in his home town of Kaluga, was tonsured as a monk at Optina Monastery. He was later ordained a priest, and taught in Kazan. In his thirtieth year (1918) the Bolsheviks seized power and he was forced to flee. After many persecutions and sufferings, he joined a large party of Russians who fled across Turkestan and the Gobi Desert into China. There he was made Bishop, and immediately began working tirelessly to encourage his flock and to provide for their material needs (most had arrived in China with only the clothes on their backs). He established churches, opened soup kitchens and an orphanage, cared personally for the sick, and in every way personified a true Minister of Christ.

When his death approached (from an infection acquired while caring for the sick) he donned his epitrachelion, read the Canon for the Departure of the Soul, lay down on his bed and said ‘God’s will be done. Now I shall die.’ Within minutes he was dead. On the night of his funeral the Bishop appeared to a paralyzed ten-year-old boy, who was miraculously healed.