Acts 8.18-25 (Epistle)

18A kad vidje Simon da se daje Duh sveti kad apostoli metnu ruke, donese im novce 19Govoreæi: dajte i meni ovu vlast da kad metnem ruke na koga primi Duha svetoga. 20A Petar mu reèe: novci tvoji s tobom da budu u pogibao, što si pomislio da se dar Božij može dobiti za novce. 21Nema tebi dijela ni iseta u ovoj rijeèi; jer srce tvoje nije pravo pred Bogom. 22Pokaj se dakle od ove svoje pakosti, i moli se Bogu da bi ti se oprostila pomisao srca tvoga. 23Jer te vidim da si u grkoj žuèi i u svezi nepravde. 24A Simon odgovarajuæi reèe: pomolite se vi Gospodu za mene da ne naiðe na mene ništa od ovoga što rekoste. 25Tako oni posvjedoèivši i govorivši rijeè Gospodnju vratiše se u Jerusalim, i mnogijem selima Samarijskijem propovjediše jevanðelje.

John 6.35-39 (Gospel)

35A Isus im reèe: ja sam hljeb života: koji meni dolazi neæe ogladnjeti, i koji mene vjeruje neæe nikad ožednjeti. 36Nego vam kazah da me i vidjeste i ne vjerujete. 37Sve što meni daje otac k meni æe doæi; i koji dolazi k meni neæu ga istjerati napolje. 38Jer siðoh s neba ne da èinim volju svoju, nego volju oca koji me posla. 39A ovo je volja oca koji me posla da od onoga što mi dade ništa ne izgubim, nego da ga vaskrsnem u pošljednji dan.

Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia in Illyria (295 or 304)

These three sisters lived in Aquilea. When the Emperor Diocletian was visiting there, he learned that they were Christians and had them brought to him. When they would not deny Christ, they were cast into prison, then handed over to a general named Dulcitius for torture. Dulcitius conceived a passion for the sisters, and entered the prison planning to defile them; but when he tried to enter, he was deprived of his reason and fell upon the dirty pots at the entrance, embracing and kissing them until he was completely black with soot. Hearing of this, the Emperor appointed another general to torment the sisters. After terrible tortures Agape and Chionia were burned, but the sadistic general, knowing her pledge of virginity to the Lord, ordered Irene to be put in a brothel. By God’s providence she was shot with an arrow before she could be forced to endure this fate.

So ends the version given in the Great Horologion. The Prologue gives a slightly different version: When Irene was being led to the brothel, an angel turned the soldiers back and led Irene to the top of a high hill. The next day the general came with his soldiers to capture her, but were unable to climb it. The general then ordered that Irene be shot with arrows.

St Anastasia, a prophetess in that town, gathered the bodies of all three sisters and gave them burial.