16. новембар 2026.
Monday of the 25th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Acepsimas the bishop, Joseph the priest and Aithalas the deacon (378-379)
Holy Virgin Martyr Winefride of Treffynnon (Holywell), Wales (7th c.)

Scripture Readings

2 Thessalonians 1.1-10 (Epistle)

1Od Pavla i Silvana i Timotija crkvi Solunskoj u Bogu ocu našemu i Gospodu Isusu Hristu: 2Blagodat vam i mir od Boga oca našega i Gospoda Isusa Hrista. 3Dužni smo svagda zahvaljivati Bogu za vas, braæo, kao što treba; jer raste vrlo vjera vaša, i množi se ljubav svakoga vas meðu vama, 4Tako da se mi sami hvalimo vama crkvama Božijima, vašijem trpljenjem i vjerom u svima vašijem gonjenjima i nevoljama koje podnosite, 5Za znak pravednoga suda Božijega da se udostojite carstva Božijega, za koje i stradate. 6Jer je pravedno u Boga da vrati muke onima koji vas muèe; 7A vama koje muèe pokoj s nama kad se pokaže Gospod Isus s neba s anðelima sile svoje 8U ognju plamenome, koji æe dati osvetu onima koji ne poznaju Boga i ne slušaju jevanðelja Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista; 9Koji æe primiti muku, pogibao vjeènu od lica Gospodnjega i od slave njegove, 10Kad doðe da se proslavi u svetima svojima, i divan da bude u svima koji ga vjerovaše; jer se primi svjedoèanstvo naše meðu vama u onaj dan.

Luke 11.29-33 (Gospel)

29A narodu koji se skupljaše stade govoriti: rod je ovaj zao; ište znak, i neæe mu se dati znak osim znaka Jone proroka; 30Jer kako što Jona bi znak Ninevljanima, tako æe i sin èovjeèij biti rodu ovome. 31Carica južna iziæi æe na sud s ljudima roda ovoga, i osudiæe ih; jer ona doðe s kraja zemlje da sluša premudrost Solomunovu: a gle, ovdje je veæi od Solomuna. 32Ninevljani iziæi æe na sud s rodom ovijem, i osudiæe ga; jer se pokajaše pouèenjem Joninijem: a gle, ovdje je veæi od Jone. 33Niko ne meæe zapaljene svijeæe na sakriveno mjesto, niti pod sud, nego na svijeænjak da vide svjetlost koji ulaze.

Commemorations

Holy Martyrs Acepsimas the bishop, Joseph the priest and Aithalas the deacon (378-379)

King Shapur II of Persia conducted a fierce persecution of Christians in his realm for thirty-seven years. In the final years of this persecution he gave his magi authority to torture and kill any Christians who would not renounce their faith. Acepsimas, the aged and holy Bishop of Paka, was arrested along with Joseph the priest and Aithalas the deacon. All not only refused to deny Christ, but boldly preached Him before the magi and the king. The enraged king had them viciously tortured, then, as a final indignity, made prisoners of all the local Christians and forced them to stone their own shepherds to death. With their martyrdom the great persecution in Persia came to an end.

Holy Virgin Martyr Winefride of Treffynnon (Holywell), Wales (7th c.)

“Saint Winefride (in Welsh, Gwenfrewi) was a maiden of noble birth who lived in North wales in the seventh century. The niece and spiritual daughter of Saint Beuno (21 April), she entered the Monastery of Gwytherin after his death, where she lived under the spiritual direction of Saint Eleril. The son of a neighbouring chieftan, Caradoc by name, seized by an unchaste passion, pursued her and struck off her head with a sword. The spot where her head fell became known as Treffynnon or Holywell, because of the appearing of a healing spring for those who would take its waters with faith. Holywell remains a great place of pilgrimage in Britain to this day.” (Synaxarion)