18. август 2026.
Tuesday of the 12nd week after Pentecost

Dormition Fast

Commemorations

Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)
Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)
Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian

Scripture Readings

2 Corinthians 5.15-21 (Epistle)

15Hristos za sve umrije, da oni koji žive ne žive više sebi, nego onome koji za njih umrije i vaskrse. 16Zato i mi otsad nikoga ne poznajemo po tijelu; i ako Hrista poznasmo po tijelu, ali ga sad više ne poznajemo. 17Zato ako je ko u Hristu, nova je tvar: staro proðe, gle, sve novo postade. 18Ali je sve od Boga, koji pomiri nas sa sobom kroz Isusa Hrista, i dade nam službu pomirenja. 19Jer Bog bješe u Hristu, i svijet pomiri sa sobom ne primivši im grijeha njihovijeh, i metnuvši u nas rijeè pomirenja. 20Tako smo mi poslani mjesto Hrista, kao da Bog govori kroz nas; molimo vas u ime Hristovo, pomirite se s Bogom. 21Jer onoga koji ne znadijaše grijeha nas radi uèini grijehom, da mi budemo pravda Božija u njemu.

Mark 1.16-22 (Gospel)

16I hodeæi pokraj mora vidje Simona, i Andriju brata njegova gdje bacaju mreže u more; jer bijahu ribari. 17I reèe im Isus: hajdete za mnom, i uèiniæu vas lovcima ljudskijem. 18I odmah ostavivši mreže svoje poðoše za njim. 19I otišavši malo odande ugleda Jakova Zevedejeva, i Jovana brata njegova, i oni u laði krpljahu mreže; 20I odmah pozva ih; i ostavivši oca svojega Zevedeja u laði s najamnicima poðoše za njim. 21I doðoše u Kapernaum; i odmah u subotu ušavši u zbornicu uèaše. 22I divljahu se nauci njegovoj; jer ih uèaše kao onaj koji vlast ima a ne kao književnici.

Commemorations

Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362)

He was a soldier in the Imperial army beginning under the pagan Emperor Maximian. He was a general under Constantine, and saw the Cross that appeared to the Emperor. After sixty years of military service, he retired to his home town and devoted himself to prayer, fasting and good works. A townsman, angry with a judgment that Eusignius had made to settle a dispute, denounced him to Julian the Apostate as a Christian. Summoned before Julian, he vigorously rebuked the Emperor for his apostasy from the Faith; for this he was beheaded, in advanced old age, in 362.

Holy Hieromartyr Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)

He was born in Rome and became a humble village priest; but when he was attending the election of a new Pope, a white dove was seen to descend on him and he was chosen to be Pope. Though humble and gentle, he was fearless for the faith, gathering the bodies of the martyrs, giving them burial, and building churches and shrines over their relics. According to the Prologue, he baptized the Emperor Philip and his son, also named Philip, as well as the senator Pontius; thus there were Christian emperors before St Constantine the Great. When Decius became Emperor, the persecution of Christians returned with terrible force, and Fabian was beheaded.

Righteous Nonna (374), Mother of St Gregory the Theologian

In her own lifetime she was a wonderworker through her holy prayers. She brought her husband back from idolatry to Christian faith; he later became bishop of Nazianzus. Her son Gregory’s profound and devout writings bespeak the Christian upbringing she gave him. By her prayers she once saved St Gregory from perishing in a storm. She was a deaconess, and reposed in peace in 374.