Orthodox Calendar

15. август 2025.
Friday of the 10th week after Pentecost

Dormition Fast

Commemorations

  • Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (428)
  • Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome (257), and those with him
  • Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1552)

Scripture Readings

2 Corinthians 1.12-20 (Epistle)

12Jer je naša slava ovo: svjedoèanstvo savjesti naše da smo u prostoti i èistoti Božijoj a ne u mudrosti tjelesnoj nego po blagodati Božijoj življeli na svijetu, a osobito meðu vama. 13Jer vam drugo ne pišemo nego što èitate i razumijevate. A nadam se da æete i do kraja razumjeti. 14Kao što neki i razumjeste da smo vam slava kao i vi nama za dan Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista. 15I u ovom pouzdanju šæadijah da vam doðem prije, da drugu blagodat imate; 16I kroz vas da doðem u Maæedoniju, i opet iz Maæedonije da doðem k vama, i vi da me pratite u Judeju. 17Ali kad sam ovo htio, eda li sam dakle što nepostojano èinio? Ili što se nakanjujem, da se po tijelu nakanjujem, da bude u mene da da, a ne ne? 18Ali je Bog vjeran, te rijeè naša k vama ne bi da i ne. 19Jer sin Božij Isus Hristos, kojega mi vama propovijedasmo ja i Silvan i Timotije, ne bi da i ne, nego u njemu bi da. 20Jer koliko je obeæanja Božijeh, u njemu su da, i u njemu amin, Bogu na slavu kroz nas.

Matthew 22.23-33 (Gospel)

23Taj dan pristupiše k njemu sadukeji koji govore da nema vaskrsenija, i upitaše ga 24Govoreæi: uèitelju! Mojsije reèe: ako ko umre bez djece, da uzme brat njegov ženu njegovu i da podigne sjeme bratu svojemu. 25U nas bješe sedam braæe; i prvi oženivši se umrije, i ne imavši poroda ostavi ženu svoju bratu svojemu. 26A tako i drugi, i treæi, tja do sedmoga. 27A poslije sviju umrije i žena. 28O vaskrseniju dakle koga æe od sedmorice biti žena? jer je za svima bila. 29A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe im: varate se, ne znajuæi pisma ni sile Božije. 30Jer o vaskrseniju niti æe se ženiti ni udavati; nego su kao anðeli Božiji na nebu. 31A za vaskrsenije mrtvijeh nijeste li èitali što vam je rekao Bog govoreæi: 32Ja sam Bog Avraamov, i Bog Isakov, i Bog Jakovljev? Nije Bog Bog mrtvijeh, nego živijeh. 33I èuvši narod divljaše se nauci njegovoj.

Commemorations

Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (428)

After the First Martyr Stephen was stoned to death, his body was left for the dogs; but his teacher Gamaliel had his body secretly taken to a place outside Jerusalem and buried by night. About the year 427, a Fr Lucian, the parish priest near the place, was told in a dream where the relics of the Protomartyr were buried. He told Patriarch John of Jerusalem, and they went together to the place revealed. Digging there they found a box labeled with the word “Stephen” in Aramaic letters. They took the sacred relics to Jerusalem in solemn procession.

Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome (257), and those with him

As Bishop of Rome from 254 to 257, he battled the Novatian heresy. By his prayers he once healed Lucilla, the daughter of the Roman tribune Nemesius; for this both father and daughter were baptized into Christ. Saint Stephen and twelve of his priests were beheaded during a celebration of the Liturgy, during the reign of Valerian.

Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1552)

At the age of sixteen, he took up the podvig of folly for Christ, in which he continued for seventy-two years, living to the age of eighty-eight. He was homeless, barefood and dressed in tatters, wandering the streets of Moscow. Though mocked by many, he spoke to strangers of their secret sins, rebuked nobles for their hard-heartedness, and slowly became known as a Saint. Tsar Ivan and the Metropolitan of Moscow attended his funeral. He was buried in the church in Moscow that now bears his name.