5. фебруар 2026.

No Fast

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296)

Scripture Readings

1 John 1.8-2.6 (Epistle)

8Ako reèemo da grijeha nemamo, sebe varamo, i istine nema u nama. 9Ako priznajemo grijehe svoje, vjeran je i pravedan da nam oprosti grijehe naše, i oèisti nas od svake nepravde. 10Ako reèemo da ne sagriješismo, gradimo ga lažom, i rijeè njegova nije u nama.

1Djeèice moja! ovo vam pišem da ne griješite; i ako ko sagriješi, imamo zastupnika kod oca, Isusa Hrista pravednika, 2I on oèišæa grijehe naše, i ne samo naše nego i svega svijeta. 3I po tom razumijemo da ga poznasmo, ako zapovijesti njegove držimo. 4Koji govori: poznajem ga, a zapovijesti njegovijeh ne drži, laža je, i u njemu istine nema; 5A koji drži rijeè njegovu, u njemu je zaista ljubav Božija savršena; po tom poznajemo da smo u njemu. 6Koji govori da u njemu stoji, i taj treba tako da hodi kao što je on hodio.

Mark 13.31-14.2 (Gospel)

31Nebo i zemlja proæi æe, ali rijeèi moje neæe proæi. 32A o danu tome ili o èasu niko ne zna, ni anðeli koji su na nebesima, ni sin, do otac. 33Pazite, stražite i molite se Bogu; jer ne znate kad æe vrijeme nastati. 34Kao što èovjek odlazeæi ostavi kuæu svoju, i da slugama svojima vlast, i svakome svoj posao; i vrataru zapovjedi da straži. 35Stražite dakle; jer ne znate kad æe doæi gospodar od kuæe, ili uveèe ili u ponoæi ili u pijetle ili ujutru; 36Da ne doðe iznenada i da vas ne naðe a vi spavate. 37A što vam kažem, svima kažem: stražite.

1Bijahu pak još dva dana do pashe i do dana prijesnijeh hljebova; i tražahu glavari sveštenièki i književnici kako bi ga iz prijevare uhvatili i ubili. 2Ali govorahu: ne o prazniku, da se ne bi narod pobunio.

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296)

He was from Ancyra in Galatia, son of a pagan father and a Christian mother named Euphrosyne. His mother prophesied on her deathbed that he would suffer great torments for Christ over many years. After her death he was adopted and reared by a pious woman named Sophia. From the age of twelve, he began to fast and pray like the monks, so that he was soon ordained a deacon, and became Bishop of Ancyra at the age of twenty. His piety and zeal for the faith attracted the attention of the Imperial Governor of the region, who had him arrested. Thus began Clement’s twenty-eight years of almost continuous suffering for the Faith. When he stood firm despite many tortures, he was sent to the Emperor Diocletian in Rome. The Emperor showed him a table set with costly vessels on one side, and another decked with instruments of torture on the other, and bade Clement to make his choice. The Saint replied: “These precious vessels remind how much more glorious must be the eternal good things of Paradise; and these instruments of torture remind me of the everlasting punishments of hell that await those who deny the Lord.”

The Saint was viciously tortured, then transported to Nicomedia, where a converted pagan named Agathangelus (‘good angel’) became his companion. For many years they endured unspeakable torments alternating with long imprisonments, but nothing would move them to deny the precious Faith of Christ. After twenty-eight years of suffering, Agathangelus was beheaded; but Clement was briefly paroled and allowed to celebrate the services of Theophany and to give the holy Communion to his fellow-Christians. A few days later, as he was again celebrating the Divine Liturgy, some pagan soldiers burst into the church and beheaded him at the altar.