John 21.1-14 (10th Matins Gospel)

1Poslije toga opet se javi Isus uèenicima svojijem na moru Tiverijadskom. A javi se ovako: 2Bijahu zajedno Simon Petar i Toma koji se zvaše Blizanac, i Natanailo iz Kane Galilejske, i sinovi Zevedejevi, i druga dvojica od uèenika njegovijeh. 3Reèe im Simon Petar: idem da lovim ribu. Rekoše mu: idemo i mi s tobom. Onda iziðoše i odmah sjedoše u laðu, i onu noæ ne uhvatiše ništa. 4A kad bi jutro, stade Isus na brijegu; ali uèenici ne poznaše da je Isus. 5A Isus im reèe: djeco! eda što imate za jelo? Odgovoriše mu: nemamo. 6A on im reèe: bacite mrežu s desne strane laðe, i naæi æete. Onda baciše, i veæ ne mogahu izvuæi je od mnoštva ribe. 7Onda uèenik onaj koga ljubljaše Isus reèe Petru: to je Gospod. A Simon Petar kad èu da je Gospod, zapreže se košuljom, jer bješe go, i skoèi u more. 8A drugi uèenici doðoše na laði, jer ne bješe daleko od zemlje nego oko dvjesta lakata, vukuæi mrežu s ribom. 9Kad dakle izljezoše na zemlju, vidješe oganj naložen, i na njemu metnutu ribu i hljeb. 10Isus im reèe: prinesite od ribe što sad uhvatiste. 11A Simon Petar uðe i izvuèe mrežu na zemlju punu velikijeh riba sto i pedeset i tri; i od tolikoga mnoštva ne prodrije se mreža. 12Isus im reèe: hodite objedujte. A nijedan od uèenika ne smedijaše da ga pita: ko si ti? videæi da je Gospod. 13A doðe i Isus, i uze hljeb, i dade im, tako i ribu. 14Ovo se veæ treæi put javi Isus uèenicima svojijem pošto ustade iz mrtvijeh.

Galatians 2.16-20 (Epistle)

16Pa doznavši da se èovjek neæe opravdati djelima zakona, nego samo vjerom Isusa Hrista, i mi vjerovasmo Hrista Isusa da se opravdamo vjerom Hristovom, a ne djelima zakona: jer se djelima zakona nikakvo tijelo neæe opravdati. 17Ako li se mi koji tražimo da se opravdamo Hristom, naðosmo i sami grješnici, dakle je Hristos grijehu sluga? Bože saèuvaj! 18Jer ako opet zidam ono što razvalih, pokazujem se da sam prestupnik. 19Jer ja zakonom zakonu umrijeh da Bogu živim; s Hristom se razapeh. 20A ja više ne živim, nego živi u meni Hristos. A što sad živim u tijelu, živim vjerom sina Božijega, kojemu omiljeh, i predade sebe za mene.

Luke 8.26-39 (Gospel)

26I doðoše u okolinu Gadarinsku koja je prema Galileji. 27A kad iziðe on na zemlju, srete ga jedan èovjek iz grada u kome bijahu ðavoli od mnogo godina, i u haljine ne oblaèaše se, i ne življaše u kuæi, nego u grobovima. 28A kad vidje Isusa, povika i pripade k njemu i reèe zdravo: što je tebi do mene, Isuse, sine Boga najvišega? Molim te, ne muèi me. 29Jer Isus zapovjedi duhu neèistome da iziðe iz èovjeka; jer ga muèaše odavno, i metahu ga u verige i u puta da ga èuvaju, i iskida sveze, i tjeraše ga ðavo po pustinji. 30A Isus ga zapita govoreæi: kako ti je ime? A on reèe: legeon; jer mnogi ðavoli bijahu ušli u nj. 31I moljahu ga da im ne zapovjedi da idu u bezdan. 32A ondje pasijaše po gori veliki krd svinja, i moljahu ga da im dopusti da u njih uðu. I dopusti im. 33Tada iziðoše ðavoli iz èovjeka i uðoše u svinje; i navali krd s brijega u jezero, i utopi se. 34A kad vidješe svinjari što bi, pobjegoše i javiše u gradu i po selima. 35I iziðoše ljudi da vide šta je bilo, i doðoše k Isusu, i naðoše èovjeka iz koga ðavoli bijahu izišli a on sjedi obuèen i pametan kod nogu Isusovijeh; i uplašiše se. 36A oni što su vidjeli kazaše im kako se iscijeli bijesni. 37I moli ga sav narod iz okoline Gadarinske da ide od njih; jer se bijahu vrlo uplašili. A on uljeze u laðu i otide natrag. 38Èovjek pak iz koga iziðoše ðavoli moljaše da bi s njim bio; ali ga Isus otpusti govoreæi: 39Vrati se kuæi svojoj, i kazuj šta ti uèini Bog. I otide propovijedajuæi po svemu gradu šta mu Isus uèini.

Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Asia (3rd c.)

Three pairs of Unmercenary Physicians (Anargyri) named Cosmas and Damian are commemorated (today, on October 17, and on July 1); The two commemorated today lived near Ephesus in Asia. They were of noble birth and well-educated in all the branches of higher learning; but they turned away from worldly knowledge to practice medicine without charge for anyone who sought their help, caring for the rich as well as poor, and even for animals. They used none of the secular tools of medicine, but relied only on the Name of Christ, by which they were enabled to perform countless healings. Both reposed in peace.

Holy New Martyr Helen of Sinope (18th c.)

She was a maiden of fifteen who lived with her parents in the Christian enclave of Sinope in Pontus during the 1700s. One day, as she went to the marketplace, she passed by the house of the local Pasha (governor), who, seeing her beauty, was seized by lust for her. He ordered his servants to bring her to him, and made two attempts to defile her; each time, however, he was prevented by a mysterious power that kept him from her like an invisible wall. Determined to have his way for her, he kept her prisoner in his house; but she was able to slip away and run home to her parents’ house.

Enraged that his prey had escaped, the Pasha called together the leaders of the Christian community and promised that, unless Helen were handed over to him, all the Christians in the town would be massacred. Grief-stricken and fearful, the leaders persuaded Helen’s father to return the girl to the palace. The vile Pasha made several more attempts to rape the Saint, but once again he was restrained as if by an invisible wall as she recited the Six Psalms and all the prayers that she knew by heart. Realizing that he was powerless against her, the Pasha had her thrown in the common jail, then ordered that she be tortured to death. The executioners subjected the maiden to several cruel torments before killing her by driving two nails into her skull and beheading her. They then put her body in a sack and threw it in the Black Sea.

Some Greek sailors followed a heavenly light to the place where the sack had sunk, and divers retrieved the Saint’s relics, which immediately revealed themselves as a source of healing for many. Her body was taken to Russia; her head was placed in the church in Sinope, where it continued to work miracles, especially for those who suffered from headaches. When the Greeks were driven from Sinope in 1924, refugees took the head with them. It is venerated today in a church near Thessalonika.