30. јун 2026.
Tuesday of the 5th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast — Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

Martyrs Manuel, Sabael, and Ismael of Persia (362)
Our Holy Father Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe (680)

Scripture Readings

Romans 14.9-18 (Epistle)

9Jer zato Hristos i umrije i vaskrse i oživlje da oblada i mrtvima i živima. 10A ti zašto osuðuješ brata svojega? Ili ti zašto ukoravaš brata svojega? Jer æemo svi iziæi na sud pred Hrista. 11Jer je pisano: tako mi života, govori Gospod, pokloniæe mi se svako koljeno, i svaki jezik slaviæe Boga. 12Tako æe dakle svaki od nas dati Bogu odgovor za sebe. 13Zato da ne osuðujemo više jedan drugoga, nego mjesto toga ovo gledajte da ne postavljate bratu spoticanja ili sablazni. 14Znam i uvjeren sam u Hristu Isusu da ništa nije pogano po sebi, osim kad ko misli da je što pogano, onome je pogano. 15A ako je brat tvoj jela radi žalostan, veæ se ne vladaš po ljubavi: ne gubi jelom svojijem onoga za kojega Hristos umrije. 16Gledajte dakle da se ne huli na vaše dobro. 17Jer carstvo Božije nije jelo i piæe, nego pravda i mir i radost u Duhu svetome. 18Jer koji ovijem služi Hristu ugodan je Bogu i mio ljudima.

Matthew 12.14-16, 22-30 (Gospel)

14A fariseji izišavši naèiniše vijeæu o njemu kako bi ga pogubili. No Isus doznavši to ukloni se odande. 15I za njim idoše ljudi mnogi, i iscijeli ih sve. 16I zaprijeti im da ga ne razglašuju: 22Tada dovedoše k njemu bijesna koji bješe nijem i slijep; i iscijeli ga da nijemi i slijepi stade govoriti i gledati. 23I divljahu se svi ljudi govoreæi: nije li ovo Hristos, sin Davidov? 24A fariseji èuvši to rekoše: ovaj drukèije ne izgoni ðavola do pomoæu Veelzevula kneza ðavolskoga. 25A Isus znajuæi misli njihove reèe im: svako carstvo koje se razdijeli samo po sebi, opustjeæe; i svaki grad ili dom koji se razdijeli sam po sebi, propašæe. 26I ako sotona sotonu izgoni, sam po sebi razdijelio se; kako æe dakle ostati carstvo njegovo? 27I ako ja pomoæu Veelzevula izgonim ðavole, sinovi vaši èijom pomoæu izgone? Zato æe vam oni biti sudije. 28A ako li ja Duhom Božijim izgonim ðavole, dakle je došlo k vama carstvo nebesko. 29Ili kako može ko uæi u kuæu jakoga i pokuæstvo njegovo oteti, ako najprije ne sveže jakoga? i onda æe kuæu njegovu oplijeniti. 30Koji nije sa mnom, protiv mene je; i koji ne sabira sa mnom, prosipa.

Commemorations

Martyrs Manuel, Sabael, and Ismael of Persia (362)

“The holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ishmael, Persians by race and brethren according to the flesh, were sent by the Persian King as ambassadors to Julian the Apostate to negotiate a peace treaty. While with him at a place near Chalcedon, they refused to join him in offering sacrifice to his idols. Scorning the immunity universally accorded ambassadors, he had them slain in the year 362. This was a cause of the war with Persia in which Julian perished miserably the following year.” (Great Horologion)

Our Holy Father Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe (680)

‘Saint Botolph was born in Britain about the year 610 and in his youth became a monk in Gaul. The sisters of Ethelmund, King of East Anglia, who were also sent to Gaul to learn the monastic discipline, met Saint Botolph, and learning of his intention to return to Britain, bade their brother the King grant him land on which to found a monastery. Hearing the King’s offer, Saint Botolph asked for land not already in any man’s possession, not wishing that his gain should come through another’s loss, and chose a certain desolate place called Ikanhoe. At his coming, the demons inhabiting Ikanhoe rose up against him with tumult, threats, and horrible apparitions, but the Saint drove them away with the sign of the Cross and his prayer. Through his monastery he established in England the rule of monastic life that he had learned in Gaul. He worked signs and wonders, had the gift of prophecy, and “was distinguished for his sweetness of disposition and affability.” In the last years of his life he bore a certain painful sickness with great patience, giving thanks like Job and continuing to instruct his spiritual children in the rules of the monastic life. He fell asleep in peace about the year 680. His relics were later found incorrupt, and giving off a sweet fragrance. The place where he founded his monastery came to be called “Botolphson” (from either “Botolph’s stone” or “Botolph’s town”) which was later contracted to “Boston.”’ (Great Horologion)