Orthodox Calendar

24. септембар 2025.
Wednesday of the 16th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

  • Our Holy Mother Theodora of Alexandria (490)
  • St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.)
  • St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.)
  • Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)

Scripture Readings

Galatians 6.2-10 (Epistle)

2Nosite bremena jedan drugoga, i tako æete ispuniti zakon Hristov. 3Jer ako ko misli da je što a nije ništa, umom vara sebe. 4A svaki da ispita svoje djelo, i tada æe sam u sebi imati slavu, a ne u drugome. 5Jer æe svaki svoje breme nositi. 6A koji se uèi rijeèi neka daje dijel od svakoga dobra onome koji ga uèi. 7Ne varajte se: Bog se ne da ružiti; jer šta èovjek posije ono æe i požnjeti. 8Jer koji sije u tijelo svoje, od tijela æe požnjeti pogibao; a koji sije u duh, od duha æe požnjeti život vjeèni. 9A dobro èiniti da nam se ne dosadi; jer æemo u svoje vrijeme požnjeti ako se ne umorimo. 10Zato dakle dok imamo vremena da èinimo dobro svakome, a osobito onima koji su s nama u vjeri.

Mark 7.14-24 (Gospel)

14I dozvavši sav narod reèe im: poslušajte mene svi, i razumijte. 15Ništa nema što bi èovjeka moglo opoganiti da uðe spolja u njega, nego što izlazi iz njega ono je što pogani èovjeka. 16Ako ko ima uši da èuje neka èuje. 17I kad doðe od naroda u kuæu pitahu ga uèenici njegovi za prièu. 18I reèe im: zar ste i vi tako nerazumni? Ne razumijete li da što god u èovjeka spolja ulazi ne može ga opoganiti? 19Jer mu ne ulazi u srce nego u trbuh; i izlazi napolje èisteæi sva jela. 20Još reèe: što izlazi iz èovjeka ono pogani èovjeka; 21Jer iznutra iz srca ljudskoga izlaze misli zle, preljube, kurvarstva, ubistva, 22Kraðe, lakomstva, pakosti, zloæe, lukavstvo, sramote, zlo oko, huljenje na Boga, ponos, bezumlje. 23Sva ova zla iznutra izlaze, i pogane èovjeka. 24I ustavši odande otide na krajeve Tirske i Sidonske, i ušavši u kuæu šæadijaše da niko ne èuje za nj; i ne može se sakriti.

Commemorations

Our Holy Mother Theodora of Alexandria (490)

While a young married woman, she committed adultery with another man. Seized by remorse, she fled her husband’s house, dressed herself as a man, renamed herself Theodore, and entered a men’s monastery, pretending to be a eunuch. “Theodore“‘s fasts, prayers, vigils and tears amazed “his” brethren. Her secret was only discovered after her death. She had spent nine full years devoting her life to repentance for one sin. During her life she showed herself to be a wonderworker, taming wild beasts and healing sicknesses. Her husband came to her funeral, then lived until his death in the cell of his former wife.

St Euphrosynos the Cook of Alexandria (9th c.)

His icon is found in countless Orthodox kitchens. A simple and holy man, when he entered monastic life in Alexandria he was judged unfit for any service more demanding than kitchen work. There he labored without complaint, looked down upon by most of the other monks. One night the abbot dreamed that he was in Paradise, and there met Euphrosynos, who gave him a branch that bore three fragrant apples. Awakening, the abbot found the same apples on his pillow. He hurried to find Euphrosynos and asked him, `Where were you last night, brother?’ Euphrosynos only replied, `Where were you, Father?’ The abbot gathered the monks and told them the wonderful story, by which they all realized the cook’s holiness. But Euphrosynos, unwilling to endure the praise of men, fled the monastery for the desert.

St Paphnutius the Confessor (4th c.)

“A bishop of the Egyptian Thebaid, he suffered greatly for the Orthodox faith: heretics put out one of his eyes and broke his left leg. He took part in the First Ecumenical Council, refuting the Arian heresy with great power. The Emperor Constantine valued him greatly and often kissed him on the missing eye, lost for the truth of Orthodoxy. At the council, he stood in opposition to the western representatives, who proposed that secular priests be completely forbidden to marry. He was chaste throughout the whole of his life.” (Prologue)

Canonization of St Xenia of St Petersburg (1978)

She is commemorated on January 24.