11. јул 2025.
Friday of the 5th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast

Commemorations

Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam
Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands"
Translation of the Relics (412)of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus & John
Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)

Scripture Readings

Romans 16.1-16 (Epistle)

1Preporuèujem vam pak Fivu sestru našu, koja je sluškinja kod crkve u Kenhreji, 2Da je primite u Gospodu kao što prilikuje svetima, i da joj budete u pomoæi u svakoj stvari koju od vas zatreba; jer je ona mnogima pomogla, i samome meni. 3Pozdravite Priskilu i Akilu, pomoænike moje u Hristu Isusu, 4Koji za dušu moju svoje vratove položiše, kojima ne ja jedan zahvaljujem, nego i sve crkve neznabožaèke, i domašnju crkvu njihovu. 5Pozdravite Epeneta, meni ljubaznoga, koji je novina iz Ahaje u Hrista. 6Pozdravite Mariju, koja se mnogo trudila za nas. 7Pozdravite Andronika i Juniju, rodbinu moju, i moje drugare u sužanjstvu, koji su znameniti meðu apostolima, koji i prije mene vjerovaše Hrista. 8Pozdravite Amplija, meni ljubaznoga u Gospodu. 9Pozdravite Urbana, pomoænika našega u Hristu, i Stahija, meni ljubaznoga. 10Pozdravite Apelija, okušanoga u Hristu. Pozdravite domaæe Aristovulove. 11Pozdravite Irodijona, roðaka mojega. Pozdravite domaæe Narkisove, koji su u Gospodu. 12Pozdravite Trifenu i Trifosu, koje se trude u Gospodu. Pozdravite Persidu ljubaznu, koja se mnogo trudila u Gospodu. 13Pozdravite Rufa izbranoga u Gospodu, i mater njegovu i moju. 14Pozdravite Asinkrita, Flegonta, Erma, Patrova, Ermija, i braæu koja su s njima. 15Pozdravite Filologa i Juliju, Nireja i sestru njegovu, i Olimpana, i sve svete koji su s njima. 16Pozdravite jedan drugoga cjelivom svetijem. Pozdravljaju vas sve crkve Hristove.

Matthew 13.3-9 (Gospel)

3I on im kaziva mnogo u prièama govoreæi: gle, iziðe sijaè da sije. 4I kad sijaše, jedna zrna padoše kraj puta, i doðoše ptice i pozobaše ih; 5A druga padoše na kamenita mjesta, gdje ne bijaše mnogo zemlje, i odmah iznikoše; jer ne bijaše u dubinu zemlje. 6I kad obasja sunce, povenuše, i buduæi da nemahu žila, posahnuše. 7A druga padoše u trnje, i naraste trnje, i podavi ih. 8A druga padoše na zemlju dobru, i donošahu rod, jedno po sto, a jedno po šeset, a jedno po trideset. 9Ko ima uši da èuje neka èuje.

Commemorations

Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam

After helping to establish Orthodoxy among the Karelian Finns, they founded the famous Valaam Monastery on Lake Ladoga in northern Russia. Both reposed in the same year.

Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands"

Saint John of Damascus (December 4), the great defender of Orthodoxy against the iconoclasts, was falsely accused of plotting against the Caliph of Damascus through the intrigues of the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Isaurian (reigned 717-741). The Caliph ordered St John’s hand to be cut off for his suspected treachery. The saint asked for the severed hand, and passed the night praying fervently for aid before an icon of the most holy Theotokos. Waking in the morning, he found his hand miraculously restored, with only a scar around the wrist where it had been completely severed. In thanksgiving, St John had a silver hand mounted on the icon. When he became a monk in the monastery of St Sabbas in the Holy Land, he took the icon with him. It remained there until it was given to St Sabbas (Sava) of Serbia (January 14), who brought it to Serbia. Later it was miraculously taken to the Hilandar Monastery on the Holy Mountain (carried, according to legend, from Serbia to Mt Athos by an unguided donkey), where it may now be found.

Translation of the Relics (412)of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus & John

They are counted among the Unmercenary Physicians. For their lives, see January 31.

Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)

“A great ascetic and wonderworker of the Egyptian desert, he was a contemporary of Patriarch Theophilus and the Emperor Theodosius the Great. He is called ‘the Standard-Bearer’ because he once helped the Emperor Theodosius to gain a victory over enemy forces by his prayers. When the Emperor summoned him to Constantinople, he replied that he was unable to go, but sent his torn and patched monastic habit and his staff. Going out to battle, the Emperor put on Sennuphius’s habit and carried his staff in his hand, and returned victorious from the battle.” (Prologue)