Jude 1-10 (Epistle)

1Od Jude, Isusa Hrista sluge, a brata Jakovljeva, zvanima, koji su osveæeni Bogom ocem i održani Isusom Hristom: 2Milost i mir i ljubav da vam se umnoži. 3Ljubazni! starajuæi se jednako da vam pišem za opšte vaše spasenije, bi mi potrebno da vam pišem moleæi da se borite za pravednu vjeru, koja je jedanput dana svetima. 4Jer se uvukoše neki bezbožni ljudi, koji su davno odreðeni na ovo osuðenje, i Boga našega blagodat pretvaraju u neèistotu, i jedinoga gospodara Boga i Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista odrièu se. 5Ali æu vam napomenuti, kad i vi znate ovo jedanput, da Gospod izbavi narod iz zemlje Misirske, potom pogubi one koji ne vjerovaše. 6I anðele koji ne držaše svojega starješinstva nego ostaviše svoj stan èuva u vjeènijem okovima pod mrakom za sud velikoga dana. 7Kao što i Sodom i Gomor, i okolni njihovi gradovi, koji su se prokurvali onako kao i oni, i hodili za drugijem mesom, postaviše se za ugled i muèe se u vjeènom ognju: 8Tako dakle i ovi što sanjajuæi tijelo pogane, a poglavarstva se odrièu, i na slavu hule. 9A Mihailo Aranðel, kad se prepiraše s ðavolom i govoraše za Mojsijevo tijelo, ne smijaše prokleta suda da izgovori, nego reèe: Gospod neka ti zaprijeti. 10A ovi hule na ono što ne znadu; a što znadu po prirodi kao nerazumna životinja, u onom se raspadaju.

Luke 22.39-42, 45-23.1 (Gospel)

39I izišavši otide po obièaju na goru Maslinsku; a za njim otidoše uèenici njegovi. 40A kad doðe na mjesto reèe im: molite se Bogu da ne padnete u napast. 41I sam otstupi od njih kako se može kamenom dobaciti, i kleknuvši na koljena moljaše se Bogu 42Govoreæi: oèe! kad bi htio da proneseš ovu èašu mimo mene! ali ne moja volja nego tvoja da bude. 45I ustavši od molitve doðe k uèenicima svojijem, i naðe ih a oni spavaju od žalosti, 46I reèe im: što spavate? ustanite, molite se Bogu da ne padnete u napast. 47Dok on pak još govoraše, gle, narod i jedan od dvanaestorice, koji se zvaše Juda, iðaše pred njima, i pristupi k Isusu da ga cjeliva. Jer im ovo bijaše dao znak: koga cjelivam onaj je. 48A Isus mu reèe: Juda! zar cjelivom izdaješ sina èovjeèijega? 49A kad oni što bijahu s njim vidješe šta æe biti, rekoše mu: Gospode! da bijemo nožem? 50I udari jedan od njih slugu poglavara sveštenièkoga, i otsijeèe mu desno uho. 51A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe: ostavite to. I dohvativši se do uha njegova iscijeli ga. 52A glavarima sveštenièkijem i vojvodama crkvenijem i starješinama koji bijahu došli na nj reèe Isus: zar kao na hajduka iziðoste s noževima i koljem da me uhvatite? 53Svaki dan bio sam s vama u crkvi i ne digoste ruku na mene; ali je sad vaš èas i oblast tame. 54A kad ga uhvatiše, odvedoše ga i uvedoše u dvor poglavara sveštenièkoga. A Petar iðaše za njim izdaleka. 55A kad oni naložiše oganj nasred dvora i sjeðahu zajedno, i Petar sjeðaše meðu njima. 56Vidjevši ga pak jedna sluškinja gdje sjedi kod ognja, i pogledavši na nj reèe: i ovaj bješe s njim. 57A on ga se odreèe govoreæi: ženo! ne poznajem ga. 58I malo zatijem vidje ga drugi i reèe: i ti si od njih. A Petar reèe: èovjeèe! nijesam. 59I pošto proðe oko jednoga sahata drugi neko potvrðivaše govoreæi: zaista i ovaj bješe s njim; jer je Galilejac. 60A Petar reèe: èovjeèe! ne znam šta govoriš. I odmah dok on još govoraše zapjeva pijetao. 61I obazrevši se Gospod pogleda na Petra, i Petar se opomenu rijeèi Gospodnje kako mu reèe: prije nego pijetao zapjeva odreæi æeš me se triput. 62I izišavši napolje plaka gorko. 63A ljudi koji držahu Isusa rugahu mu se, i bijahu ga. 64I pokrivši ga bijahu ga po obrazu i pitahu ga govoreæi: proreci ko te udari? 65I druge mnoge hule govorahu na nj. 66I kad svanu, sabraše se starješine narodne i glavari sveštenièki i književnici, i odvedoše ga u svoj sud 67Govoreæi: jesi li ti Hristos? kaži nam. A on im reèe: ako vam i kažem, neæete vjerovati. 68A ako vas i zapitam, neæete mi odgovoriti, niti æete me pustiti. 69Otsele æe sin èovjeèij sjediti s desne strane sile Božije. 70Svi pak rekoše: ti li si dakle sin Božij? A on im reèe: vi kažete da sam ja. 71A oni rekoše: šta nam trebaju više svjedoèanstva? jer sami èusmo iz usta njegovijeh.

1I ustavši njih sve mnoštvo odvedoše ga k Pilatu.

St Isidore of Pelusium, monk (440-449)

He was born to a noble family in Alexandria. For a short time he taught rhetoric in Pelusium in Egypt; but soon his love for the things of God led him to flee to the Desert as a solitary. After a year of ascetical life, he returned to Pelusium, where he was ordained to the priesthood. After a few years he retired to a monastery where he spent the rest of his life, eventually becoming Abbot. From the monastery he wrote thousands of epistles full of divine grace and wisdom; of these more than two thousand still survive.

Saint Isidore was a student and devout disciple of St John Chrysostom, as he knew him through his writings. When St Cyril became Patriarch of Alexandria, he refused to commemorate St John in the diptychs during the Divine Liturgy. Saint Isidore wrote him a strong letter reminding him not to heed the rumors, prejudices or threats of men, and St Cyril was persuaded to restore commemoration of the Archbishop of Constantinople, and later became a strong advocate of the veneration of St John. Isidore, though a monk, was treated as a spiritual father by Patriarch Cyril: around 433, when St Cyril was inclined to deal harshly with some who had been swept up in the Nestorian heresy, St Isidore wrote to him: ‘As your father, since you are pleased to give me this name, or rather as your son, I adjure you to put an end to this dissension lest a permanent breach be made under the pretext of piety.’

With reputation came persecution, and St Isidore suffered much from Imperial and church authorities unhappy with his holy influence. He bore all these troubles impassibly, and in 440 (according to one source) or about 449 (according to another) he joyfully gave up his soul to God.

Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532)

When he was only fifteen, St Cyril left home in secret to join the Monastery of St Cornelius of Komel (May 19). Seven years later his father visited the monastery and recognized his son. Instead of persuading Cyril to return to the world, the father was persuaded by his son to enter monastic life; his mother soon joined them, entering a convent nearby. Within the next few years, St Cyril’s mother and father both died, prompting him to exclaim ‘I too am mortal!’ He redoubled his ascetical labors and before long was granted the gift of tears in prayer. Ten years after entering the monastery, St Cyril obtained his abbot’s blessing to live the life of a hermit. He lived in complete reclusion, subsisting on wild greens and mushrooms. After seven years of solitude, he built a hermitage at New Lake and established two churches there. Soon he was ordained to the priesthood. His sanctity attracted a large company of disciples, and he founded a large monastery. There he continued to live in the strictest asceticism and shared in all the common labor of the monks. Once some thieves tried to steal the church bells, but by divine intervention became disoriented and circled the monastery in the dark until morning. When they were apprehended and brought to the Saint, he told them, ‘My children, no one has ever been enriched by stealing, but many have lost even what belonged to them.’ He then ordered that they be given food and released.

During his lifetime the Saint wrought many healings, and was especially known for restoring the sight of the blind. Once his disciple Athanasius saw an unknown deacon serving with St Cyril at the Liturgy. The mysterious deacon disappeared at the end of the service, and St Cyril forbade his disciple to speak of the incident until after his death. In 1532 the Saint reposed in peace: his last words were ‘Glory to God for all things!’