Orthodox Calendar

3. август 2025.
8th Sunday after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

  • Our Righteous Fathers John and Symeon, the Fool for Christ's Sake (570)
  • Marcella, Virgin-Martyr of Chios (ca. 1500)
  • Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. BC)

Scripture Readings

John 20.11-18 (8th Matins Gospel)

11A Marija stajaše napolju kod groba i plakaše. I kad plakaše nadviri se nad grob, 12I vidje dva anðela u bijelijem haljinama gdje sjede jedan èelo glave a jedan èelo nogu gdje bješe ležalo tijelo Isusovo. 13I rekoše joj oni: ženo! što plaèeš? Reèe im: uzeše Gospoda mojega, i ne znam gdje ga metnuše. 14I ovo rekavši obazre se natrag, i vidje Isusa gdje stoji, i ne znadijaše da je Isus. 15Isus joj reèe: ženo! što plaèeš? koga tražiš? A ona misleæi da je vrtar reèe mu: gospodine! ako si ga ti uzeo kaži mi gdje si ga metnuo, i ja æu ga uzeti. 16Isus joj reèe: Marija! A ona obazrevši se reèe mu: Ravuni! koje znaèi uèitelju. 17Reèe joj Isus: ne dohvataj se do mene, jer se još ne vratih k ocu svojemu; nego idi k braæi mojoj, i kaži im: vraæam se k ocu svojemu i ocu vašemu, i Bogu svojemu i Bogu vašemu. 18A Marija Magdalina otide, i javi uèenicima da vidje Gospoda i kaza joj ovo.

1 Corinthians 1.10-18 (Epistle)

10Molim vas pak, braæo, imenom Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista da svi jedno govorite, i da ne budu meðu vama raspre, nego da budete utvrðeni u jednom razumu i u jednoj misli. 11Jer sam èuo za vas, braæo moja, od Hlojinijeh domašnjijeh da su svaðe meðu vama, 12A to kažem da jedan od vas govori: ja sam Pavlov; a drugi: ja sam Apolov; a treæi: ja sam Kifin; a èetvrti: ja sam Hristov. 13Eda li se Hristos razdijeli? Eda li se Pavle razape za vas? ili se u ime Pavlovo krstiste? 14Hvala Bogu što ja nijednoga od vas ne krstih osim Krispa i Gaja; 15Da ne reèe ko da u svoje ime krstih. 16A krstih i Stefanin dom: dalje ne znam jesam li koga drugog krstio. 17Jer Hristos ne posla mene da krstim, nego da propovijedam jevanðelje, ne premudrijem rijeèima, da ne izgubi silu krst Hristov. 18Jer je rijeè krstova ludost onima koji ginu; a nama je koji se spasavamo sila Božija.

Matthew 14.14-22 (Gospel)

14I izišavši Isus vidje mnogi narod, i sažali mu se za njih, i iscijeli bolesnike njihove. 15A pred veèe pristupiše k njemu uèenici njegovi govoreæi: ovdje je pusto mjesto, a dockan je veæ; otpusti narod neka ide u sela da kupi sebi hrane. 16A Isus reèe im: ne treba da idu; podajte im vi neka jedu. 17A oni rekoše mu: nemamo ovdje do samo pet hljebova i dvije ribe. 18A on reèe: donesite mi ih ovamo. 19I zapovjedi narodu da posjedaju po travi; pa uze onijeh pet hljebova i dvije ribe, i pogledavši na nebo blagoslovi, i prelomivši dade uèenicima svojijem, a uèenici narodu. 20I jedoše svi, i nasitiše se, i nakupiše komada što preteèe dvanaest kotarica punijeh. 21A onijeh što su jeli bješe ljudi oko pet hiljada, osim žena i djece. 22I odmah natjera Isus uèenike svoje da uðu u laðu i naprijed da idu na onu stranu dok on otpusti narod.

Commemorations

Our Righteous Fathers John and Symeon, the Fool for Christ's Sake (570)

These two brothers in Christ were from Edessa in Mesopotamia. After a pilgrimage to Jerusalem they fled the world together; they were tonsured as monks, but soon left their monastery to struggle in prayer near the Dead Sea. Thus they passed thirty years in silence and asceticism. Symeon was then commanded by God to leave the desert and serve God among the world’s people. At their parting John said to him: ‘Keep your heart from all that you see in the world. Whatever there may be that touches your hand, let it not take hold of your heart. When food passes your lips, let not your heart be sweetened by it. If your feet have to move, let there be peace within you. Whatever you do outwardly, let your mind remain tranquil. Pray for me, that God may not part us from each other in the world to come.’ Symeon went to Emesa in Syria, where he spent the rest of his life, feigning madness in order to conceal his holiness from men. But he performed miracles of healing and appeared to people of the city in dreams, calling them to repentance. He was given the gift of discernment of others’ inward condition, and while dancing and raving through the streets would approach people, whisper their sins in their ears, and call them to repentance. He reposed peacefully in 590; John, who had remained in the desert, reposed soon afterward.

Marcella, Virgin-Martyr of Chios (ca. 1500)

Her mother died when she was very young, and she was brought up by her father. As she grew older, she grew in virtue and beauty. Her father conceived an illicit desire for her and made improper advances toward her, which troubled her so greatly that she fled her village and hid in the mountains. Her father pursued her, even wounding her with arrows in his effort to possess her. Finally she took refuge in a cloven rock. When her father found that he could not drag her from her refuge, he viciously dismembered her and threw her head into the sea. From the rock that had sheltered her a stream appeared, whose water had healing virtues. The holy Marcella is especially venerated on Chios to this day.

Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. BC)

He is commemorated today on the Slavic calendar. See July 23, his commemoration on the Greek calendar.