Lenten Fast — Wine and Oil are Allowed
9Ali od vas, ljubazni, nadamo se boljemu i što se drži spasenija, ako i govorimo tako. 10Jer Bog nije nepravedan da zaboravi djelo vaše i trud ljubavi koju pokazaste u ime njegovo, posluživši svetima i služeæi. 11Ali želimo da svaki od vas pokaže to isto staranje da se nad održi tvrdo do samoga kraja; 12Da ne budete ljenivi, nego da se ugledate na one koji vjerom i trpljenjem dobijaju obeæanja.
47Prvi je èovjek od zemlje, zemljan; drugi je èovjek Gospod s neba. 48Kakav je zemljani taki su i zemljani; i kakav je nebeski taki su i nebeski. 49I kako nosimo oblièje zemljanoga tako æemo nositi i oblièje nebeskoga. 50A ovo govorim, braæo, da tijelo i krv ne mogu naslijediti carstva Božijega, niti raspadljivost neraspadljivosti našljeðuje. 51Evo vam kazujem tajnu: jer svi neæemo pomrijeti, a svi æemo se pretvoriti, 52Ujedanput, u trenuæu oka u pošljednjoj trubi; jer æe zatrubiti i mrtvi æe ustati neraspadljivi, i mi æemo se pretvoriti. 53Jer ovo raspadljivo treba da se obuèe u neraspadljivost, i ovo smrtno da se obuèe u besmrtnost. 54A kad se ovo raspadljivo obuèe u neraspadljivost i ovo se smrtno obuèe u besmrtnost, onda æe se zbiti ona rijeè što je napisana: pobjeda proždrije smrt. 55Gdje ti je, smrti, žalac? Gdje ti je, pakle, pobjeda? 56A žalac je smrti grijeh, a sila je grijeha zakon. 57A Bogu hvala koji nam dade pobjedu kroz Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista.
31I opet iziðe Isus iz krajeva Tirskijeh i Sidonskijeh i doðe na more Galilejsko u krajeve Desetogradske. 32I dovedoše k njemu gluha i mutava, i moljahu ga da metne na nj ruku. 33I uzevši ga iz naroda nasamo metnu prste svoje u uši njegove, i pljunuvši dohvati se jezika njegova; 34I pogledavši na nebo uzdahnu, i reèe mu: Efata, to jest: otvori se. 35I odmah mu se otvoriše uši, i razdriješi se sveza jezika njegova, i govoraše lijepo. 36I zaprijeti im da nikome ne kazuju; ali što im on zabranjivaše oni još veæma razglašivahu. 37I vrlo se divljahu govoreæi: sve dobro èini; i gluhe èini da èuju i nijeme da govore.
24Zaista, zaista vam kažem: ko moju rijeè sluša i vjeruje onome koji je mene poslao, ima život vjeèni, i ne dolazi na sud, nego je prešao iz smrti u život. 25Zaista, zaista vam kažem: ide èas, i veæ je nastao, kad æe mrtvi èuti glas sina Božijega, i èuvši oživljeti. 26Jer kako što otac ima život u sebi, tako dade i sinu da ima život u sebi; 27I dade mu vlast da i sud èini, jer je sin èovjeèij. 28Ne divite se ovome, jer ide èas u koji æe svi koji su u grobovima èuti glas sina Božijega, 29I iziæi æe koji su èinili dobro u vaskrsenije života, a koji su èinili zlo u vaskrsenije suda. 30Ja ne mogu ništa èiniti sam od sebe; kako èujem onako sudim, i sud je moj pravedan; jer ne tražim volje svoje nego volju oca koji me je poslao.
He was the administrator (we would say mayor) of the city of Hermopolis in Egypt. During a persecution, he and many other Christians fled to the mountains, where Sabinas shut himself in a hut and spent his days in fasting and prayer. But a poor man who brought him food (and whom Sabinas had helped in many ways) betrayed him to the authorities for two pieces of gold. Sabinas and six others were arrested, bound and brought before the governor Arian. After harsh torture, Sabinas was drowned in the Nile.
He was from the region of Nicaea, and was named John by his parents Theodore and Anna. He took up the monastic life at an early age, and was renamed Christodoulos (‘Slave of Christ’). After going far in the ascetical life, he was given permission by the Emperor Alexis I (1081-1118) to establish a church and monastery on the island of Patmos, dedicated to St John the Evangelist. Both the church and the monastery stand and continue in use to this day. When Patmos was attacked by the Arabs, he and his disciples fled to Euboea, where he reposed. The Saint’s disciples brought his relics back to his own monastery, where they continue to work miracles today.
“He was the brother of the Apostle Barnabas and was born in Cyprus. He was a follower of the Apostle Paul, who mentions him in his Epistle to the Romans (16:10). When the great Apostle Paul created many bishops for different parts of the world, he made this Aristobulus bishop of Britain (i.e. England). In Britain there was a wild people, pagan and wicked, and Aristobulus endured among them unmentionable torments, misfortunes and malice. They smote him without mercy, dragged him through the streets, mocked him and jeered at him. But in the end this holy man came to success by the power of the grace of God. He enlightened the people, baptised them in the name of Christ the Lord, built churches, ordained priests and deacons and finally died there in peace and went to the Kingdom of the Lord whom he had served so faithfully.” (Prologue)
Note: in the Greek calendar he is commemorated on March 15.