29. јун 2026.
Monday of the 5th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast

Commemorations

St Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (425)
Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)

Scripture Readings

Romans 12.4-5, 15-21 (Epistle)

4Jer kao u jednom tijelu što imamo mnoge ude a udi svi nemaju jedan posao, 5Tako smo mnogi jedno tijelo u Hristu, a po sebi smo udi jedan drugome. 15Radujte se s radosnima, i plaèite s plaènima. 16Budite jedne misli meðu sobom. Ne mislite o visokijem stvarima, nego se držite niskijeh. Ne mislite za sebe da ste mudri. 17A nikome ne vraæajte zla za zlo; promišljajte o tom što je dobro pred svijem ljudima. 18Ako je moguæe, koliko do vas stoji, imajte mir sa svijem ljudima. 19Ne osveæujte se za sebe, ljubazni, nego podajte mjesto gnjevu, jer stoji napisano: moja je osveta, ja æu vratiti, govori Gospod. 20Ako je dakle gladan neprijatelj tvoj, nahrani ga; ako je žedan, napoj ga; jer èineæi to ugljevlje ognjeno skupljaš na glavu njegovu. 21Ne daj se zlu nadvladati, nego nadvladaj zlo dobrom.

Matthew 12.9-13 (Gospel)

9I otišavši odande doðe u zbornicu njihovu. 10I gle, èovjek bijaše tu s rukom suhom; i zapitaše ga govoreæi: valja li u subotu lijeèiti? da bi ga okrivili. 11A on reèe im: koji je meðu vama èovjek koji ima ovcu jednu pa ako ona u subotu upadne u jamu neæe je uzeti i izvaditi? 12A koliko li je èovjek pretežniji od ovce? Daklem valja u subotu dobro èiniti. 13Tada reèe èovjeku: pruži ruku svoju. I pruži. I postade zdrava kao i druga.

Commemorations

St Tikhon (Tychon), bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (425)

He was born to pious Christian parents on Cyprus. Known for his piety and purity of life, he was became a clergyman, then was made Bishop of Amathus by St Epiphanios (May 12). He served faithfully as bishop in Cyprus for many years, finally reposing in peace. At this time there were still many pagans in Cyprus, and he worked tirelessly as a missionary among them, bringing many to the Faith. He was known as a wonder-worker from his youth. “His father was a baker, and whenever his father left him alone in the shop, he would distribute the bread to the poor without payment. His father reproached him once for doing this, so he prayed to God and their storehouse became so full of grain that they could open the door only with difficulty.” (Prologue) Once he planted a dry slip from a grapevine, and it miraculously turned green and bore fruit. After his repose, on his feast day the vine would be laden with unripe grapes, as usual for this time of year; but during the Divine Liturgy, the grapes would become fully ripened.

Holy Martyrs Tigrios and Eutropios (404)

When St John Chrysostom was exiled, the Great Church caught fire and was destroyed. Most of the people saw this as a judgment upon the City for exiling the holy Archbishop; but St John’s enemies tried to blame his followers and persecuted them fiercely. Two of these loyal followers were Tigrios, a priest, and Eutropios, a reader. Tigrios had been a slave in his youth and was a eunuch; but once he was freed he had given his life selflessly to the service of the Church. The governor, Optatius, had Tigrios viciously tortured, then sent him into exile in Mesopotamia, where he died in captivity. Eutropios, another pure and holy servant of the Church, was flogged with whips and rods, then hanged. Christians carrying his body for burial heard a beautiful angelic chanting in the sky above them.