Orthodox Calendar

11 Iulie 2026
Saturday of the 6th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

  • Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam
  • Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands"
  • Translation of the Relics (412)of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus & John
  • Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)

Scripture Readings

Romans 9.1-5 (Epistle)

1Spun adevărul în Hristos, nu mint; cugetul meu, luminat de Duhul Sfânt, îmi este martor, 2că simt o mare întristare şi am o durere necurmată în inimă. 3Căci aproape să doresc să fiu eu însumi anatema, despărţit de Hristos, pentru fraţii mei, rudele mele trupeşti. 4Ei sunt israeliţi, au înfierea, slava, legămintele, darea Legii, slujba dumnezeiască, făgăduinţele, 5patriarhii, şi din ei a ieşit, după trup, Hristosul, care este mai presus de toate lucrurile, Dumnezeu binecuvântat în veci. Amin!

Matthew 9.18-26 (Gospel)

18Pe când le spunea Isus aceste vorbe, iată că a venit unul din fruntaşii sinagogii, I s-a închinat şi I-a zis: „Fiica mea adineaori a murit; dar vino de pune-Ţi mâinile peste ea, şi va învia.” 19Isus S-a sculat şi a plecat după el împreună cu ucenicii Lui. 20Şi, iată, o femeie, care de doisprezece ani avea o scurgere de sânge, a venit pe dinapoi şi s-a atins de poala hainei Lui. 21Căci îşi zicea ea: „Numai să mă pot atinge de haina Lui, şi mă voi tămădui.” 22Isus S-a întors, a văzut-o şi i-a zis: „Îndrăzneşte, fiică! Credinţa ta te-a tămăduit.” Şi s-a tămăduit femeia chiar în ceasul acela. 23Când a ajuns Isus în casa fruntaşului sinagogii şi când a văzut pe cei ce cântau din fluier şi gloata bocind, 24le-a zis: „Daţi-vă la o parte; căci fetiţa n-a murit, ci doarme!” Ei îşi băteau joc de El. 25Dar, după ce a fost scoasă gloata afară, Isus a intrat înăuntru, a luat pe fetiţă de mână, şi fetiţa s-a sculat. 26Şi s-a dus vestea despre această minune în tot ţinutul acela.

Commemorations

Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam

After helping to establish Orthodoxy among the Karelian Finns, they founded the famous Valaam Monastery on Lake Ladoga in northern Russia. Both reposed in the same year.

Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands"

Saint John of Damascus (December 4), the great defender of Orthodoxy against the iconoclasts, was falsely accused of plotting against the Caliph of Damascus through the intrigues of the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Isaurian (reigned 717-741). The Caliph ordered St John’s hand to be cut off for his suspected treachery. The saint asked for the severed hand, and passed the night praying fervently for aid before an icon of the most holy Theotokos. Waking in the morning, he found his hand miraculously restored, with only a scar around the wrist where it had been completely severed. In thanksgiving, St John had a silver hand mounted on the icon. When he became a monk in the monastery of St Sabbas in the Holy Land, he took the icon with him. It remained there until it was given to St Sabbas (Sava) of Serbia (January 14), who brought it to Serbia. Later it was miraculously taken to the Hilandar Monastery on the Holy Mountain (carried, according to legend, from Serbia to Mt Athos by an unguided donkey), where it may now be found.

Translation of the Relics (412)of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus & John

They are counted among the Unmercenary Physicians. For their lives, see January 31.

Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)

“A great ascetic and wonderworker of the Egyptian desert, he was a contemporary of Patriarch Theophilus and the Emperor Theodosius the Great. He is called ‘the Standard-Bearer’ because he once helped the Emperor Theodosius to gain a victory over enemy forces by his prayers. When the Emperor summoned him to Constantinople, he replied that he was unable to go, but sent his torn and patched monastic habit and his staff. Going out to battle, the Emperor put on Sennuphius’s habit and carried his staff in his hand, and returned victorious from the battle.” (Prologue)