Hebrews 8.7-13 (Epistle)

7Jer da je onaj prvi bez mane bio, ne bi se drugome tražilo mjesta. 8Jer kudeæi ih govori: evo dani idu, govori Gospod, i naèiniæu s domom Izrailjevijem i s domom Judinijem nov zavjet; 9Ne po zavjetu koji naèinih s ocevima njihovima u onaj dan kad ih uzeh za ruku da ih izvedem iz zemlje Misirske; jer oni ne ostaše u zavjetu mome, i ja ne marih za njih, govori Gospod. 10Jer je ovo zavjet koji æu naèiniti s domom Izrailjevijem poslije onijeh dana, govori Gospod: daæu zakone svoje u misli njihove, i na srcima njihovima napisaæu ih, i biæu im Bog, i oni æe biti meni narod. 11I nijedan neæe uèiti svojega bližnjega, i nijedan brata svojega, govoreæi: poznaj Gospoda; jer æe me svi poznati od maloga do velikoga meðu njima. 12Jer æu biti milostiv nepravdama njihovima, i grijeha njihovijeh i bezakonja njihovijeh neæu više spominjati. 13A kad veli: nov zavjet, prvi naèini vethijem; a što je vetho i ostarjelo, blizu je kraja.

Luke 20.27-44 (Gospel)

27A pristupiše neki od sadukeja koji kažu da nema vaskrsenija, i pitahu ga 28Govoreæi: uèitelju! Mojsije nam napisa: ako kome umre brat koji ima ženu, i umre bez djece, da brat njegov uzme ženu, i da podigne sjeme bratu svojemu. 29Bijaše sedam braæe, i prvi uze ženu, i umrije bez djece; 30I uze drugi ženu, i on umrije bez djece; 31I treæi je uze; a tako i svi sedam; i ne ostaviše djece, i pomriješe; 32A poslije sviju umrije i žena. 33O vaskrseniju dakle koga æe od njih biti žena? jer je ona sedmorici bila žena. 34I odgovarajuæi Isus reèe im: djeca ovoga svijeta žene se i udaju; 35A koji se udostoje dobiti onaj svijet i vaskrsenije iz mrtvijeh niti æe se ženiti ni udavati; 36Jer više ne mogu umrijeti; jer su kao anðeli; i sinovi su Božiji kad su sinovi vaskrsenija. 37A da mrtvi ustaju, i Mojsije pokaza kod kupine gdje naziva Gospoda Boga Avraamova i Boga Isakova i Boga Jakovljeva. 38A Bog nije Bog mrtvijeh nego živijeh; jer su njemu svi živi. 39A neki od književnika odgovarajuæi rekoše: uèitelju! dobro si kazao. 40I veæ ne smijahu ništa da ga zapitaju. A on im reèe: 41Kako govore da je Hristos sin Davidov? 42Kad sam David govori u psaltiru: reèe Gospod Gospodu mojemu: sjedi meni s desne strane, 43Dok položim neprijatelje tvoje podnožje nogama tvojima. 44David dakle njega naziva Gospodom; pa kako mu je sin?

Our Venerable Father Patapius (6th or 7th c.)

He was born at Thebes in Egypt, and at a young age left his pious parents, his inheritance and his acquaintances to dwell in the Egyptian desert, devoting himself to ceaseless prayer. After many years, he reputation spread and, despite his desire for solitude, throngs of pilgrims would seek him out for his prayers and counsel. To escape the attentions of men, he did a surprising thing: he abandoned the desert and moved to Constantinople, settling in the Blachernae district, where, amid the bustle of the city, he was able to pass unnoticed, more secure in his solitude than he had been in the caves of Egypt.

As he grew in obedience to the commandments of Christ, the grace of working miracles grew in him, and once again he gradually became known. Once a blind man cast himself before Patapius on the street, and the Saint cured him instantly by calling on the name of Christ. Once he healed a man crippled by dropsy, anointing him with the oil from a vigil lamp and signing him with the Cross.

After blessing the Church for many years with his prayers and miracles, St Patapius fell asleep in peace, and was buried in the church of the Monastery of the Egyptians near Constantinople. In 1904 his precious and incorrupt relics were uncovered in the course of some building at a small monastery near Corinth. From that time the monastery has been dedicated to St Patapius, and many miracles are worked there.

Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus and Epaphroditus, Cephas and Caesar

All of these Apostles are mentioned in the New Testament. Sosthenes was the ruler of the Synagogue in Corinth, and was converted through the preaching of St Paul. After traveling with St Paul for years, he became Bishop of Colophon near Ephesus. Apollos was a Jew from Alexandria, well educated and with a deep knowledge of the Scriptures. He was brought to the fulness of the Christian faith by Priscilla and Aquila in Ephesus, and went out preaching the Gospel among the pagans. His eloquence was so admired that for awhile the gentile Church divided into two factions, one for Paul and one for Apollos. Saint Apollos later became Bishop of Caesarea.

(The Synaxarion lists Cephas and Caesar here; but some believe that St Paul’s reference to Cephas in 1 Cor 1:12 refers to the Apostle Peter, not to a separate companion of St Paul; and that “those of Caesar’s household” (Phil. 4:22) refers to Christians in the Emperor’s palace in Rome, not to a Christian named Caesar.)