18. август 2025.
Monday of the 11th week after Pentecost

Dormition Fast

Commemorations

Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)
Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)
Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian

Scripture Readings

2 Corinthians 2.3-15 (Epistle)

3I pisah vam ovo isto, da kad doðem ne primim žalost na žalost, a za koje bi valjalo da se veselim nadajuæi se na sve vas da je moja radost sviju vas. 4Jer od brige mnoge i tuge srca napisah vam s mnogijem suzama, ne da biste se ožalostili nego da biste poznali ljubav koju imam izobilno k vama. 5Ako li je ko mene ražalio, ne ražali mene, do nekoliko, da ne otežam svima vama. 6Jer je dovoljno takovome kar ovaj od mnogijeh. 7Zato vi nasuprot veæma da opraštate i tješite, da takovi kako ne padne u preveliku žalost. 8Zato vas molim, utvrdite k njemu ljubav. 9Jer vam zato i pisah, da poznam poštenje vaše jeste li u svaèemu poslušni. 10A kome vi što oprostite onome opraštam i ja; jer ja ako što kome oprostih, oprostih mu vas radi mjesto Isusa Hrista, 11Da nas ne prevari sotona; jer znamo šta on misli. 12A kad doðoh u Troadu da propovijedam jevanðelje Hristovo, i otvoriše mi se vrata u Gospodu, 13Ne imadoh mira u duhu svojemu, ne našavši Tita, brata svojega; nego oprostivši se s njima iziðoh u Maæedoniju. 14Ali hvala Bogu koji svagda nama daje pobjedu u Hristu Isusu, i kroz nas javlja miris poznanja svojega na svakom mjestu. 15Jer smo mi Hristov miris Bogu i meðu onima koji se spasavaju i koji ginu:

Matthew 23.13-22 (Gospel)

13Teško vama književnici i fariseji, licemjeri, što zatvorate carstvo nebesko od ljudi; jer vi ne ulazite niti date da ulaze koji bi htjeli. 14Teško vama književnici i fariseji, licemjeri, što jedete kuæe udovièke, i lažno se Bogu molite dugo; zato æete veæma biti osuðeni. 15Teško vama književnici i fariseji, licemjeri, što prehodite more i zemlju da bi prisvojili jednoga, i kad ga prisvojite, èinite ga sinom paklenijem udvoje veæijem od sebe. 16Teško vama voði slijepi koji govorite: ako se ko kune crkvom ništa je; a ko se kune zlatom crkvenijem kriv je. 17Budale slijepe! šta je veæe, ili zlato, ili crkva koja zlato osveti? 18I ako se ko kune oltarom ništa je to, a koji se kune darom koji je na njemu kriv je. 19Budale slijepe! šta je veæe, ili dar, ili oltar koji dar osveti? 20Koji se dakle kune oltarom, kune se njim i svijem što je na njemu. 21I koji se kune crkvom, kune se njom i onijem koji živi u njoj. 22I koji se kune nebom, kune se prijestolom Božijem i onijem koji sjedi na njemu.

Commemorations

Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)

He was a soldier in the Imperial army beginning under the pagan Emperor Maximian. He was a general under Constantine, and saw the Cross that appeared to the Emperor. After sixty years of military service, he retired to his home town and devoted himself to prayer, fasting and good works. A townsman, angry with a judgment that Eusignius had made to settle a dispute, denounced him to Julian the Apostate as a Christian. Summoned before Julian, he vigorously rebuked the Emperor for his apostasy from the Faith; for this he was beheaded, in advanced old age, in 362.

Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)

He was born in Rome and became a humble village priest; but when he was attending the election of a new Pope, a white dove was seen to descend on him and he was chosen to be Pope. Though humble and gentle, he was fearless for the faith, gathering the bodies of the martyrs, giving them burial, and building churches and shrines over their relics. According to the Prologue, he baptized the Emperor Philip and his son, also named Philip, as well as the senator Pontius; thus there were Christian emperors before St Constantine the Great. When Decius became Emperor, the persecution of Christians returned with terrible force, and Fabian was beheaded.

Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian

In her own lifetime she was a wonderworker through her holy prayers. She brought her husband back from idolatry to Christian faith; he later became bishop of Nazianzus. Her son Gregory’s profound and devout writings bespeak the Christian upbringing she gave him. By her prayers she once saved St Gregory from perishing in a storm. She was a deaconess, and reposed in peace in 374.