Orthodox Calendar

27. јун 2026.
Saturday of the 4th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

  • Holy Prophet Elisha (Elisseus) (10th c. BC)
  • St Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople (847)
  • St John Mavropos, Metropolitan of Euchaïta(1100)

Scripture Readings

Romans 6.11-17 (Epistle)

11Tako i vi dakle držite sebe da ste mrtvi grijehu a živi Bogu u Hristu Isusu Gospodu našemu. 12Da ne caruje dakle grijeh u vašemu smrtnom tijelu, da ga slušate u slastima njegovijem; 13Niti dajite udova svojijeh grijehu za oružje nepravde; nego dajite sebe Bogu, kao koji ste živi iz mrtvijeh, i ude svoje Bogu za oružje pravde. 14Jer grijeh neæe vama obladati, jer nijeste pod zakonom nego pod blagodaæu. 15Šta dakle? Hoæemo li griješiti kad nijesmo pod zakonom nego pod blagodaæu? Bože saèuvaj! 16Ne znate li da kome dajete sebe za sluge u poslušanje, sluge ste onoga koga slušate, ili grijeha za smrt, ili poslušanja za pravdu? 17Hvala dakle Bogu što bivši robovi grijehu poslušaste od srca tu nauku kojoj se i predadoste.

Matthew 8.14-23 (Gospel)

14I došavši Isus u dom Petrov vidje taštu njegovu gdje leži i groznica je trese. 15I prihvati je za ruku, i pusti je groznica, i usta, i služaše mu. 16A uveèe dovedoše k njemu bijesnijeh mnogo, i izgna duhove rijeèju, i sve bolesnike iscijeli: 17Da se zbude što je kazao Isaija prorok govoreæi: on nemoæi naše uze i bolesti ponese. 18A kad vidje Isus mnogo naroda oko sebe, zapovjedi uèenicima svojijem da idu na onu stranu. 19I pristupivši jedan književnik reèe mu: uèitelju! ja idem za tobom kud god ti poðeš. 20Reèe njemu Isus: lisice imaju jame i ptice nebeske gnijezda; a sin èovjeèij nema gdje glave zakloniti. 21A drugi od uèenika njegovijeh reèe mu: Gospode! dopusti mi najprije da idem da ukopam oca svojega. 22A Isus reèe njemu: hajde za mnom, a ostavi neka mrtvi ukopavaju svoje mrtvace. 23I kad uðe u laðu, za njim uðoše uèenici njegovi.

Commemorations

Holy Prophet Elisha (Elisseus) (10th c. BC)

The disciple and spiritual heir of the Prophet Elijah (July 20), his story can be found in II Kings. Unlike most of the Old Testament prophets, he was granted the gift of working many miracles. He reposed in peace at a great age. The Fathers tell us that he was anointed by Elijah in the year 908 BC and reposed in peace at a great age in 839 BC. He was buried in Samaria. Even after his death, miracles of wonderworking were performed through his relics.

St Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople (847)

He was born to wealthy parents in Syracuse of Sicily. He entered monastic life and in time became a priest in the service of Patriarch Nikephoros. Because of his great and well-known zeal for the holy icons, he was cruelly persecuted by a succession of iconoclast emperors. Around 815, he was sent as an ambassador to Rome on behalf of the Patriarch, who had been exiled by the Emperor Leo the Armenian. When he returned to Constantinople upon Leo’s death, he was immediately exiled and imprisoned by Leo’s successor, Michael the Stutterer. Upon Michael’s death he was freed for a short time, but soon the Emperor Theophilus had him exiled to an island where, says the Prologue, “he spent seven years in prison with two common robbers, in damp conditions, without light and without sufficient food, as if in a grave.” When the pious Empress Theodora restored the Empire to Orthodoxy, he was freed and elevated to Patriarch of Constantinople. On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, we commemorate the restoration of the Holy Icons by Theodora and Methodios. Despite many attacks by heretics while he was Patriarch, he served faithfully and reposed in peace.

St John Mavropos, Metropolitan of Euchaïta(1100)

He is commemorated today on the Slavic Calendar; for his life, see October 5, his commemoration on the Greek Calendar.