1. септембар 2025.
Monday of the 13th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Martyr Andrew Strateletes and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (ca. 289)

Scripture Readings

2 Corinthians 8.7-15 (Epistle)

7A vi kako ste u svemu izobilni, u vjeri, i u rijeèi, i u razumu, i u svakom staranju, i u ljubavi svojoj k nama, da i u ovoj blagodati izobilujete. 8Ne govorim po zapovijesti, nego kad se drugi staraju, i vašu ljubav kušam je li istinita. 9Jer znate blagodat Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista da, bogat buduæi, vas radi osiromaši, da se vi njegovijem siromaštvom obogatite. 10I svjet dajem u tom; jer je ovo na korist vama, koji ne samo èiniti nego i htjeti poèeste još od lanjske godine. 11A sad dovršite to i èiniti, da kao što bi dobra volja htjeti tako da bude i uèiniti, od toga što imate. 12Jer ako ima ko dobru volju, mio je po onome što ima, a ne po onome što nema. 13Jer se ne želi da drugima bude radost a vama žalost, nego jednako. 14Da u sadašnje vrijeme vaš suvišak bude za njihov nedostatak, da i njihov suvišak bude za vaš nedostatak; da bude jednakost, 15Kao što je pisano: ko je mnogo skupio, nije mu preteklo; i ko je malo skupio, nije mu nedostalo.

Mark 3.6-12 (Gospel)

6I izišavši fariseji odmah uèiniše za njega vijeæu s Irodovcima kako bi ga pogubili. 7A Isus otide s uèenicima svojijem k moru; i mnogi narod iz Galileje ide za njim i iz Judeje; 8I iz Jerusalima i iz Idumeje i ispreko Jordana i od Tira i Sidona mnoštvo veliko èuvši šta on èini doðe k njemu. 9I reèe uèenicima svojijem da bude laða u njega gotova zbog naroda, da mu ne dosaðuje. 10Jer mnoge iscijeli tako da navaljivahu na njega koji bijahu nakaženi bolestima da ga se dotaknu. 11I dusi neèisti kad ga viðahu, pripadahu k njemu i vikahu govoreæi: ti si sin Božij. 12I mnogo im prijeæaše da ga ne prokažu.

Commemorations

Martyr Andrew Strateletes and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia (ca. 289)

“He was an officer, a tribune, in the Roman army in the time of the Emperor Maximian. A Syrian by birth, he served in his native land. When the Persians attacked the imperial Roman army, this Andrew was entrusted with the command in the battle against the enemy — whence his title: commander, strateletes. A secret Christian, although as yet unbaptised, Andrew commended himself to the living God, and, taking only the cream of the army, went to war. Before the battle, he told his soldiers that, if they all called upon the aid of the one, true God, Christ the Lord, their enemies would become as dust scattered before them. All the soldiers, fired with enthusiasm by Andrew and his faith, invoked Christ’s aid and attacked. The Persian army was utterly routed. When the victorious Andrew returned to Antioch, some jealous men denounced him as a Christian and the imperial governor summoned him for trial. Andrew openly proclaimed his steadfast faith in Christ. After harsh torture, the governor threw Andrew into prison and wrote to the Emperor in Rome. Knowing Andrew’s popularity among the people and in the army, the Emperor ordered the governor to set Andrew free, but to seek another occasion and another excuse (not his faith) to kill him. By God’s revelation, Andrew came to know of this imperial command, and, taking his faithful soldiers (2,593 in all) with him, went off to Tarsus in Cilicia, where they were all baptised by the bishop, Peter. Persecuted here also by imperial might, Andrew and his companions withdrew deep into the Armenian mountain of Tavros. There in a ravine, while they were at prayer, the Roman army came upon them and beheaded them all. Not one of them would recant, all being determined on death by martyrdom for Christ. On the spot where a stream of the martyrs’ blood flowed down, a spring of healing water sprang forth, healing from every disease. The bishop, Peter, came secretly with his people and buried the martyrs’ bodies in that same place. They all suffered with honour at the end of the third century and were crowned with wreaths of eternal glory, entering into the Kingdom of Christ our God.” (Prologue)