Orthodox Calendar

4. август 2026.
Tuesday of the 10th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

  • Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 15.29-38 (Epistle)

29Šta dakle èine oni koji se krste mrtvijeh radi? Kad mrtvi jamaèno ne ustaju, što se i kršæavaju mrtvijeh radi? 30I mi zašto podnosimo muke i nevolje svaki èas? 31Svaki dan umirem, tako mi, braæo, vaše slave, koju imam u Hristu Isusu Gospodu našemu. 32Jer ako sam se po èovjeku borio sa zvjerovima u Efesu, kaka mi je korist ako mrtvi ne ustaju? Da jedemo i pijemo, jer æemo sutra umrijeti. 33Ne varajte se: zli razgovori kvare dobre obièaje. 34Otrijeznite se jedanput kao što treba, i ne griješite; jer neki ne znadu za Boga, na sramotu vama kažem. 35Ali æe reæi ko: kako æe ustati mrtvi? i u kakom æe tijelu doæi? 36Bezumnièe! ti što siješ neæe oživljeti ako ne umre. 37I što siješ ne siješ tijelo koje æe biti, nego golo zrno, bilo pšenièno ili drugo kako. 38A Bog mu daje tijelo kako hoæe, i svakom sjemenu svoje tijelo.

Matthew 21.23-27 (Gospel)

23I kad doðe u crkvu i stade uèiti, pristupiše k njemu glavari sveštenièki i starješine narodne govoreæi: kakvom vlasti to èiniš? i ko ti dade vlast tu? 24A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe im: i ja æu vas upitati jednu rijeè, koju ako mi kažete, i ja æu vama kazati kakvom vlasti ovo èinim. 25Krštenje Jovanovo otkuda bi? ili s neba, ili od ljudi? A oni pomišljavahu u sebi govoreæi: ako reèemo: s neba, reæi æe nam: zašto mu dakle ne vjerovaste? 26Ako li reèemo: od ljudi, bojimo se naroda; jer svi Jovana držahu za proroka. 27I odgovarajuæi Isusu rekoše: ne znamo. Reèe i on njima: ni ja vama neæu kazati kakvom vlasti ovo èinim.

Commemorations

Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene

She was from the town of Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, for which reason she is called “Magdalene.” The Lord Jesus cast out seven demons from her, after which she became His faithful disciple, following Him even to the Cross when most of His disciples had fled. With the other holy Myrrh-bearers, she prepared the spices to anoint His body and carried them to His tomb. There she was one of the first witnesses to the Resurrection, and the first to proclaim it.

Various traditions hold that, after Christ’s ascension, she traveled to Rome, where she presented the Emperor with a red egg and proclaimed “Christ is Risen!” For this reason her icons often show her holding a red egg, and from this the tradition of distributing red eggs at Pascha is said to have arisen. She is then said to have travelled to Ephesus where she helped St John the Theologian in his gospel ministry before reposing there.

Mary Magdalene is sometimes identified with the “sinful woman” of the Gospels, but this is not the Church’s tradition. Neither the Gospels nor the sacred hymnography of the Church make this connection.

The name ‘Madeleine’ is a form of ‘Magdalene’.