3. јул 2026.
Friday of the 5th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Methodius, bishop of Patara/Olympia (312)
St Kallistos I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1363)
Blessed Studios (5th c.)

Scripture Readings

Romans 16.1-16 (Epistle)

1Preporuèujem vam pak Fivu sestru našu, koja je sluškinja kod crkve u Kenhreji, 2Da je primite u Gospodu kao što prilikuje svetima, i da joj budete u pomoæi u svakoj stvari koju od vas zatreba; jer je ona mnogima pomogla, i samome meni. 3Pozdravite Priskilu i Akilu, pomoænike moje u Hristu Isusu, 4Koji za dušu moju svoje vratove položiše, kojima ne ja jedan zahvaljujem, nego i sve crkve neznabožaèke, i domašnju crkvu njihovu. 5Pozdravite Epeneta, meni ljubaznoga, koji je novina iz Ahaje u Hrista. 6Pozdravite Mariju, koja se mnogo trudila za nas. 7Pozdravite Andronika i Juniju, rodbinu moju, i moje drugare u sužanjstvu, koji su znameniti meðu apostolima, koji i prije mene vjerovaše Hrista. 8Pozdravite Amplija, meni ljubaznoga u Gospodu. 9Pozdravite Urbana, pomoænika našega u Hristu, i Stahija, meni ljubaznoga. 10Pozdravite Apelija, okušanoga u Hristu. Pozdravite domaæe Aristovulove. 11Pozdravite Irodijona, roðaka mojega. Pozdravite domaæe Narkisove, koji su u Gospodu. 12Pozdravite Trifenu i Trifosu, koje se trude u Gospodu. Pozdravite Persidu ljubaznu, koja se mnogo trudila u Gospodu. 13Pozdravite Rufa izbranoga u Gospodu, i mater njegovu i moju. 14Pozdravite Asinkrita, Flegonta, Erma, Patrova, Ermija, i braæu koja su s njima. 15Pozdravite Filologa i Juliju, Nireja i sestru njegovu, i Olimpana, i sve svete koji su s njima. 16Pozdravite jedan drugoga cjelivom svetijem. Pozdravljaju vas sve crkve Hristove.

Matthew 13.3-9 (Gospel)

3I on im kaziva mnogo u prièama govoreæi: gle, iziðe sijaè da sije. 4I kad sijaše, jedna zrna padoše kraj puta, i doðoše ptice i pozobaše ih; 5A druga padoše na kamenita mjesta, gdje ne bijaše mnogo zemlje, i odmah iznikoše; jer ne bijaše u dubinu zemlje. 6I kad obasja sunce, povenuše, i buduæi da nemahu žila, posahnuše. 7A druga padoše u trnje, i naraste trnje, i podavi ih. 8A druga padoše na zemlju dobru, i donošahu rod, jedno po sto, a jedno po šeset, a jedno po trideset. 9Ko ima uši da èuje neka èuje.

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Methodius, bishop of Patara/Olympia (312)

Noted in his own time for his wisdom and virtue, he was called Eubolos, meaning “of good counsel.” He was among the first to oppose the heretical writings of Origen. He was bishop in Patara (according to some sources) or Olympia (according to others), then of Tyre in Phoenecia. Under the Emperor Maximinus, he was attacked by the pagans and received the crown of martyrdom in Chalkis in Greece.

St Kallistos I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1363)

For twenty-eight years he lived the ascetical life on Mt Athos as a disciple of St Gregory of Mt Sinai. Later, he founded the monastery of St Mamas, also on Mt Athos. In 1350 he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. After four years, he resigned the patriarchal throne to return to the Holy Mountain, but was called back to the throne, where he remained until his death in 1363. He wrote the definitive lives of St Gregory the Sinaite and St Theodosius of Trnovo. He was known to St Maximos Kapsokalyvia (the Hut-burner), who foretold his death: On his final journey to Serbia, on which he died, the Patriarch stopped on Mt Athos, where St Maximos saw him and said, “This elder will not see his flock again, because I hear behind him the hymn over the grave, ‘Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way…’”

Blessed Studios (5th c.)

He was a prominent nobleman and consul in Constantinople. In the City he founded both the Church of St John the Forerunner in 463, and the monastery thereafter called the Studion in honor of him. The Studion monastery nurtured a long line of ascetics, teachers, and martyrs; perhaps the best known is St Theodore the Studite (November 11), the great defender of the holy icons. The monastery was destroyed by the Crusaders in 1204, restored in 1293 by Emperor Andronicus II.