Acts 20.7-12 (Epistle)

7A u prvi dan nedjelje, kad se sabraše uèenici da lome hljeb, govoraše im Pavle, jer šæaše sjutradan da poðe, i proteže besjedu do ponoæi. 8I bijahu mnoge svijeæe gore u sobi gdje se bijasmo sabrali. 9A sjeðaše na prozoru jedno momèe, po imenu Evtih, nadvladano od tvrdoga sna, i kad Pavle govoraše mnogo, naže se u snu i pade dolje s treæega poda, i digoše ga mrtva. 10A Pavle sišavši pade na nj, i zagrlivši ga reèe: ne bunite se, jer je duša njegova u njemu. 11Onda iziðe gore, i prelomivši hljeb okusi, i dovoljno govori do same zore, i tako otide. 12A momèe dovedoše živo, i utješiše se ne malo.

John 14.10-21 (Gospel)

10Zar ne vjeruješ da sam ja u ocu i otac u meni? Rijeèi koje vam ja govorim ne govorim od sebe; nego otac koji stoji u meni on tvori djela. 11Vjerujte meni da sam ja u ocu i otac u meni; ako li meni ne vjerujete, vjerujte mi po tijem djelima. 12Zaista, zaista vam kažem: koji vjeruje mene, djela koja ja tvorim i on æe tvoriti, i veæa æe od ovijeh tvoriti: jer ja idem k ocu svojemu; 13I šta god zaištete u oca u ime moje, ono æu vam uèiniti, da se proslavi otac u sinu. 14I ako što zaištete u ime moje, ja æu uèiniti. 15Ako imate ljubav k meni, zapovijesti moje držite. 16I ja æu umoliti oca, i daæe vam drugoga utješitelja da bude s vama vavijek: 17Duha istine, kojega svijet ne može primiti, jer ga ne vidi niti ga poznaje; a vi ga poznajete, jer u vama stoji, i u vama æe biti. 18Neæu vas ostaviti sirotne; doæi æu k vama. 19Još malo i svijet mene više neæe vidjeti; a vi æete me vidjeti; jer ja živim, i vi æete življeti. 20U onaj æete vi dan doznati da sam ja u ocu svojemu, i vi u meni, i ja u vama. 21Ko ima zapovijesti moje i drži ih on je onaj što ima ljubav k meni; a koji ima ljubav k meni imaæe k njemu ljubav otac moj; i ja æu imati ljubav k njemu, i javiæu mu se sam.

Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and seven virgin-martyrs with him (303)

Theodotus was a married inn-keeper in Ancyra during the persecutions of Diocletian. He used his inn-keeping trade as a means of secretly helping the persecuted Christians, many of whom used his inn as a refuge in time of need. One of his holy works was to retrieve the bodies of martyred Christians and give them burial. At that time, seven maidens were tried and tortured for their faith in Christ, then killed by being thrown into a lake. One of them, St Tecusa, appeared to St Theodotus and asked him to retrieve the bodies of her and her sisters in Christ. Under cover of night Theodotus, guided by an Angel, was able to find all seven bodies and bury them honorably. But a friend whom he had asked to help him in this work betrayed him, and he was arrested and subjected to cruel tortures. Finally he was sentenced to be beheaded. As he went to the block, he said to the many Christians who had gathered to weep for him: ‘Do not weep for me, brethren, but glorify our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose aid I am finishing my course and overcoming the enemy.’ A church dedicated to him was later built on the site of his burial.

Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)

“These Saints all contested in martyrdom during the reign of Decius (249-251). Peter was from Lampsacus in the Hellespont. For refusing to offer sacrifice to the idol of Aphrodite, his whole body was crushed and broken with chains and pieces of wood on a torture-wheel; having endured this torment courageously, he gave up his soul.

“Paul and Andrew were soldiers from Mesopotamia brought to Athens with their governor; there they were put in charge of two captive Christians, Dionysius and Christina. The soldiers, seeing the beauty of the virgin Christina, attempted to move her to commit sin with them, but she refused and, by her admonitions, brought them to faith in Christ. They and Dionysius were stoned to death, and Christina was beheaded.

“Heraclius, Paulinus,and Benedimus were Athenians, and preachers of the Gospel who turned many of the heathen from their error to the light of Christ. Brought before the governor, they confesed their Faith, and after many torments were beheaded.” (Great Horologion)

The Prologue adds: “One Nicomachus, who was tortured with them, denied Christ under torture, and instantly lost his mind, tearing at his body with his teeth and foaming at the mouth until he breathed his last.”