28. октобар 2027.
Thursday of the 19th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

Holy Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of the Church of Antioch (312)

Scripture Readings

Philippians 1.20-27 (Epistle)

20Kao što èekam i nadam se da se ni u èemu neæu postidjeti, nego da æe se i sad kao svagda sa svakom slobodom Hristos velièati u tijelu mojemu, bilo životom ili smræu. 21Jer je meni život Hristos a smrt dobitak. 22A kad mi življenje u tijelu plod donosi, to ne znam šta æu izabrati. 23A oboje mi je milo, imajuæi želju otiæi i s Hristom biti, koje bi mnogo bolje bilo; 24Ali ostati u tijelu potrebnije je vas radi. 25I ovo znam jamaèno da æu biti i ostati kod sviju vas na vaš napredak i radost vjere, 26Da hvala vaša mnome izobiluje u Hristu Isusu kad vam opet doðem. 27Samo živite kao što se pristoji jevanðelju Hristovu, da vas vidim kad doðem ili ako vam ne doðem da èujem za vas da stojite u jednome duhu i jednodušno borite se za vjeru jevanðelja,

Luke 9.7-11 (Gospel)

7A kad èu Irod èetverovlasnik šta on èini, ne mogaše se naèuditi, jer neki govorahu da je Jovan ustao iz mrtvijeh, 8A jedni da se Ilija pojavio, a jedni da je ustao koji od starijeh proroka. 9I reèe Irod: Jovana ja posjekoh; ali ko je to o kome ja takova èudesa slušam? I željaše ga vidjeti. 10I vrativši se apostoli kazaše mu šta su poèinili. I uzevši ih otide nasamo u pustinju kod grada koji se zvaše Vitsaida. 11A narod razumjevši poðe za njim, i primivši ih govoraše im o carstvu Božijemu i iscjeljivaše koji trebahu iscjeljivanja.

Commemorations

Holy Hieromartyr Lucian, Presbyter of the Church of Antioch (312)

He was born in Samosata in Syria (and is sometimes referred to as “Lucian of Samosata”) of noble parents. In his youth he received an excellent education. Though a privileged life was open to him, he gave all his goods away to the poor and embraced a life of asceticism, supporting himself writing and tutoring. He produced an edition of the Old Testament, freeing it from various corruptions introduced by heretics. He was made a priest in Antioch, where he served the Church faithfully. During the persecutions of Maximian, he was arrested while visiting Nicomedia to strengthen the faithful there. He was cast into prison for his faith and allowed to perish of hunger and thirst. Saint John Chrysostom wrote of him: “He scorned hunger; let us also scorn luxury and destroy the lordship of the stomach; that we may, when the time comes for us to meet such torture, be prepared beforehand, by the help of a lesser ascesis, to show ourselves worthy of glory in the hour of battle.”