18. октобар 2027.
Monday of the 18th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Holy Martyr Charitina of Amissos (304)
Holy Hierarchs of Moscow Peter (1326), Alexis (1378), Jonas (1461), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Hermogenes (1612), Philaret (1867), Innocent (1879), and Tikhon (1925)
Our Holy Mother Methodia of Kimolos (1865)

Scripture Readings

Ephesians 4.25-32 (Epistle)

25Zato odbacite laž, i govorite istinu svaki sa svojijem bližnjijem; jer smo udi jedan drugome. 26Gnjevite se i ne griješite; sunce da ne zaðe u gnjevu vašemu. 27Niti dajite mjesta ðavolu. 28Koji je krao više da ne krade, nego još da se trudi, èineæi dobro rukama svojima da ima šta davati potrebnome. 29Nikakva rðava rijeè da ne izlazi iz usta vašijeh, nego samo što je dobro za napredovanje vjere, da da blagodat onima koji slušaju. 30I ne ožalošæavajte svetoga Duha Božijega, kojijem ste zapeèaæeni za dan izbavljenja. 31Svaka gorèina, i gnjev, i ljutina, i vika i hula, da se uzme od vas, sa svakom pakošæu. 32A budite jedan drugome blagi, milostivi, praštajuæi jedan drugome, kao što je i Bog u Hristu oprostio vama.

Luke 6.24-30 (Gospel)

24Ali teško vama bogati; jer ste veæ primili utjehu svoju. 25Teško vama siti sad; jer æete ogladnjeti. Teško vama koji se smijete sad; jer æete zaplakati i zaridati. 26Teško vama kad stanu svi dobro govoriti za vama; jer su tako èinili i lažnijem prorocima ocevi njihovi. 27Ali vama kažem koji slušate: ljubite neprijatelje svoje, dobro èinite onima koji na vas mrze; 28Blagosiljajte one koji vas kunu, i molite se Bogu za one koji vas vrijeðaju. 29Koji te udari po obrazu, okreni mu i drugi; i koji hoæe da ti uzme kabanicu, podaj mu i košulju. 30A svakome koji ište u tebe, podaj; i koji tvoje uzme, ne išti.

Commemorations

Holy Martyr Charitina of Amissos (304)

She was the handmaid (according to the Great Horologion) or adopted daughter (according to the Prologue) of an eminent Roman citizen named Claudius, during the reign of Diocletian. She was betrayed as a Christian to the governor Dometian, before whom she fearlessly confessed her faith. After she had endured many cruel tortures, the governor sent some dissolute youths to rape her. Having prayed to be spared this dishonor, she was permitted to give up her soul to God.

Holy Hierarchs of Moscow Peter (1326), Alexis (1378), Jonas (1461), Macarius (1563), Philip (1569), Hermogenes (1612), Philaret (1867), Innocent (1879), and Tikhon (1925)

This Feast of the Hierarchs of Moscow was established during the reign of Tsar Theodore and Patriarch Job in the year 1596. All of them are commemorated individually as well as on this day. Only Sts Peter, Alexis, Jonas and Philip are specifically mentioned in the Menaion service, but other holy hierarchs of Moscow have been added to the commemoration over the years.

Our Holy Mother Methodia of Kimolos (1865)

She was born in 1865 on the island of Kimolos. Against her own wishes, her parents married her to a sailor, but he drowned soon after their wedding. Though she grieved for him, she also took his loss as a sign that she was to follow the path that she had always most deeply desired — so she entered monastic life, receiving the name Methodia. She then shut herself in a small cell where she gave herself to prayer without reservation, hardly ever leaving. She prayed virtually around the clock, and kept strict fast every day but Saturday and Sunday, on which days she would leave her cell to partake of the Mysteries. She received no visitors at all during Lent; at other times, she would receive only women. She became known throughout her region as a counselor and healer. She reposed in peace at the age of forty-two, in 1908.