1. октобар 2027.
Friday of the 15th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

St Eumenes, bishop of Gortyrna (7th c.)
St Ariadne of Phrygia (2nd c.)

Scripture Readings

Galatians 4.8-21 (Epistle)

8Ali tada ne znajuæi Boga služiste onima koji po sebi nijesu bogovi. 9A sad poznavši Boga, i još poznati bivši od Boga, kako se vraæate opet na slabe i rðave stihije, kojima opet iznova hoæete da služite? 10Gledate na dane i mjesece, i vremena i godine. 11Bojim se za vas da se ne budem uzalud trudio oko vas. 12Budite kao ja što sam; jer sam ja kao vi što ste. Braæo! molim vas, ništa mi ne uèiniste nažao. 13A znate da vam u slabosti tijela najprije propovjedih jevanðelje; 14I napasti moje, koja bijaše tijelu mome, ne prezreste, ni popljuvaste, nego me primiste kao anðela Božijega, kao Hrista Isusa. 15Kakovo bijaše onda vaše blaženstvo? Jer vam svjedoèim da biste, kad bi moguæe bilo, izvadili oèi svoje i dali meni. 16Tijem li vam postadoh neprijatelj istinu vam govoreæi? 17Oni ne revnuju dobro za vas, nego hoæe da vas odvoje, da im revnujete. 18A dobro je revnovati svagda u dobru, i ne samo kad sam ja kod vas. 19Djeèice moja, koju opet s mukom raðam, dokle Hristovo oblièje ne postane u vama; 20Ali bih htio sad da sam kod vas, i da izmijenim glas svoj, jer ne mogu da se naèudim za vas. 21Kažite mi, vi koji hoæete pod zakonom da budete, ne slušate li zakona?

Mark 6.45-53 (Gospel)

45I odmah natjera uèenike svoje da uðu u laðu i da idu naprijed na onu stranu u Vitsaidu dok on otpusti narod. 46I otpustivši ih otide na goru da se pomoli Bogu. 47I uveèe bijaše laða nasred mora, a on sam na zemlji. 48I vidje ih gdje se muèahu veslajuæi: jer im bijaše protivan vjetar. I oko èetvrte straže noæne doðe k njima iduæi po moru; i šæadijaše da ih mimoiðe. 49A oni vidjevši ga gdje ide po moru mišljahu da je utvara, i povikaše; 50Jer ga svi vidješe i poplašiše se. I odmah progovori s njima, i reèe im: ne bojte se, ja sam, ne plašite se. 51I uðe k njima u laðu, i utoli vjetar; i vrlo se uplašiše, i divljahu se. 52Jer ih ne nauèiše hljebovi; jer se bijaše srce njihovo okamenilo. 53I prešavši doðoše u zemlju Genisaretsku; i stadoše u kraj.

Commemorations

St Eumenes, bishop of Gortyrna (7th c.)

“He gave himself to Christ with his whole heart from his youth, freeing himself from two heavy burdens: the burden of riches and the burden of the flesh. He freed himself from the first by giving away all his goods to the poor and needy, and from the latter by strict fasting. He thus healed himself and was able to heal others. Passionless and filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit, Eumenius shone with a radiance that could not be hidden, as it is written: ‘A city set on a hill cannot be hid’ (Matt. 5:14), and so holy Eumenius could not be hidden from the world. Seeing him, the people chose him as their bishop in Gortyna. As a bishop, he governed Christ’s flock as a good shepherd. He was a father to the poor, riches to the needy, consolation to the sad, healing to the sick and a marvellous wonder-worker. He worked many miracles by his prayers: he killed a poisonous snake, drove out demons, healed many of the sick, and did this not only in his home city but in Rome and in the Thebaid. In the Thebaid, he brought rain from God in a time of drought, and there finally finished his earthly course and entered into the eternal presence of his Lord. He lived and worked in the seventh century.” (Prologue)

St Ariadne of Phrygia (2nd c.)

She lived during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the town of Promisea in Phrygia. Though a Christian, she was the slave of a pagan nobleman named Tertullus. To celebrate his son’s birthday, Tertullus ordered his entire household to come to a pagan temple and make sacrifice to the idols; but Ariadne stayed home, praying to the only true God. This infuriated Tertullus, who beat her, threw her in prison, then drove her from his house. He quickly changed his mind and sent his servants to bring her back. When Ariadne saw her persecutors drawing near, she knelt by a large rock and prayed. The rock split open and hid her. At this point, the Synaxarion says that Angels bearing spears appeared around the rock and drove her pursuers away. The Prologue says that the servants, unable to find Ariadne, quarrelled among themselves, came to blows, and died at one another’s hands.