4. јун 2025.
Wednesday of the 7th Sunday of Pascha

Fast — Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Basiliscus of Comana (308)
Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.
Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).

Scripture Readings

Acts 23.1-11 (Epistle)

1A Pavle pogledavši na skupštinu reèe: ljudi braæo! ja sa svom dobrom savjesti življeh pred Bogom do samoga ovog dana. 2A poglavar sveštenièki Ananija zapovjedi onima što stajahu kod njega da ga biju po ustima. 3Tada mu reèe Pavle: tebe æe Bog biti, zide okreèeni! I ti sjediš te mi sudiš po zakonu, a prestupajuæi zakon zapovijedaš da me biju. 4A oni što stajahu naokolo rekoše: zar psuješ Božijeg poglavara sveštenièkoga? 5A Pavle reèe: ne znadoh, braæo, da je poglavar sveštenièki, jer stoji napisano: starješini naroda svojega da ne govoriš ružno. 6A znajuæi Pavle da je jedan dio sadukeja a drugi fariseja, povika na skupštini: ljudi braæo! ja sam farisej i sin farisejev: za nad i za vaskrsenije iz mrtvijeh doveden sam na sud. 7A kad on ovo reèe, postade raspra meðu sadukejima i farisejima, i razdijeli se narod. 8Jer sadukeji govore da nema vaskrsenija, ni anðela ni duha; a fariseji priznaju oboje. 9I postade velika vika, i ustavši književnici od strane farisejske prepirahu se meðu sobom govoreæi: nikakvo zlo ne nalazimo na ovome èovjeku; ako li mu govori duh ili anðeo, da se ne suprotimo Bogu. 10A kad posta raspra velika, pobojavši se vojvoda da Pavla ne raskinu, zapovjedi da siðu vojnici i da ga otmu izmeðu njih, i da ga odvedu u oko. 11A onu noæ stade Gospod predanjga i reèe: ne boj se, Pavle, jer kao što si svjedoèio za mene u Jerusalimu, tako ti valja i u Rimu svjedoèiti.

John 16.15-23 (Gospel)

15Sve što ima otac moje je: zato rekoh da æe od mojega uzeti, i javiti vam. 16Još malo, i neæete me vidjeti, i opet malo, pa æete me vidjeti: jer idem k ocu. 17A neki od uèenika njegovijeh rekoše meðu sobom: šta je to što nam kaže: još malo, i neæete me vidjeti; i opet malo pa æete me vidjeti; i: ja idem k ocu? 18Govorahu dakle: šta je to što govori: malo? ne znamo šta govori. 19A Isus razumje da šæadijahu da ga zapitaju, pa im reèe: zato li se zapitujete meðu sobom što rekoh: još malo i neæete me vidjeti, i opet malo pa æete me vidjeti? 20Zaista, zaista vam kažem da æete vi zaplakati i zaridati, a svijet æe se radovati; i vi æete žalosni biti, ali æe se vaša žalost okrenuti na radost. 21Žena kad raða trpi muku; jer doðe èas njezin: ali kad rodi dijete, više se ne opominje žalosti od radosti, jer se rodi èovjek na svijet. 22Tako i vi dakle imate sad žalost; ali æu vas opet vidjeti, i radovaæe se srce vaše, i vaše radosti niko neæe uzeti od vas; 23I u onaj dan neæete me pitati ni za što. Zaista, zaista vam kažem da što god uzištete u oca u ime moje, daæe vam.

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Basiliscus of Comana (308)

He was from Amasea on the Black Sea, and was a nephew of St Theodore the Tyro (February 17). He was a fellow-martyr of Eutropius and Cleonicus (March 3), but is commemorated because, after they were crucified, he was shut in prison. A new governor replaced the one who had killed Basiliscus’ companions, and Basiliscus prayed in tears that he not be deprived of a martyr’s death. The Lord Jesus appeared to him, promised that his prayer would be answered, and told him to go to his village to say farewell to his mother and brothers. The new governor, Agrippa, sent soldiers to the village and had Basiliscus brought back to him. On the way to Amasea, many wonders were worked throught the Saint, and many were brought to Christ. Brought before the governor, Basiliscus again refused to worship the idols or deny Christ: he was beheaded in Comana and his body thrown into the river. Upon the holy Saint’s execution, Agrippa instantly went mad, remaining so until he smeared himself with some of the Martyr’s blood, which immediately healed him. Convinced by this wonder of the truth of the Faith, Agrippa was baptised. All of this happened during the reign of Diocletian.

Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.

He was a “priest of the most high God” (Genesis 14:18-20), who blessed our Forefather Abraham and “brought forth bread and wine,” prefiguring the Holy Eucharist, centuries before the Law was given to Moses or Christ became incarnate. The Epistle to the Hebrews (ch. 7) reveals Melchizedek, the Priest-King, to be a type of Christ.

Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).

The council was called by the Emperor Theodosius the Great, primarily to clarify the Church’s teaching on the Holy Spirit. Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, had falsely taught that the Spirit is a creature rather than a Divine Person “Who together with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.” Partly to correct this error, the council revised and expanded the text of the Nicene Creed into the form that we know today.