10. мај 2027.
Monday of the 2nd Sunday of Pascha

No Fast

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (107)
Our Holy Father Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir (1094)
Burning of the relics of St Sava I of Serbia by the Turks (1594)

Scripture Readings

Acts 3.19-26 (Epistle)

19Pokajte se dakle, i obratite se da se oèistite od grijeha svojijeh, da doðu vremena odmaranja od lica Gospodnjega, 20I da pošlje naprijed nareèenoga vam Hrista Isusa, 21Kojega valja dakle nebo da primi do onoga vremena kad se sve popravi, što Bog govori ustima sviju svetijeh proroka svojijeh od postanja svijeta. 22Mojsije dakle ocevima našijem reèe: Gospod Bog vaš podignuæe vam proroka iz vaše braæe, kao mene; njega poslušajte u svemu što vam kaže. 23I biæe da æe se svaka duša koja ne posluša toga proroka istrijebiti iz naroda. 24A i svi proroci od Samuila i potom koliko ih god govori, i za ove dane javljaše. 25Vi ste sinovi proroka i zavjeta koji uèini Bog s ocevima vašijem govoreæi Avraamu: i u sjemenu tvojemu blagosloviæe se svi narodi na zemlji. 26Vama najprije Bog podiže sina svojega Isusa, i posla ga da vas blagosilja da se svaki od vas obrati od pakosti svojijeh.

John 2.1-11 (Gospel)

1I u treæi dan bi svadba u Kani Galilejskoj, i ondje bješe mati Isusova. 2A pozvan bješe i Isus i uèenici njegovi na svadbu. 3I kad nesta vina, reèe mati Isusova njemu: nemaju vina. 4Isus joj reèe: što je meni do tebe ženo? Još nije došao moj èas. 5Reèe mati njegova slugama: što god vam reèe uèinite. 6A ondje bijaše šest vodenijeh sudova od kamena, postavljenijeh po obièaju Jevrejskoga èišæenja, koji uzimahu po dva ili po tri vedra. 7Reèe im Isus: napunite sudove vode. I napuniše ih do vrha. 8I reèe im: zahvatite sad i nosite kumu. I odnesoše. 9A kad okusi kum od vina koje je postalo od vode, i ne znadijaše otkuda je a sluge znadijahu koje su zahvatile vodu zovnu kum ženika, 10I reèe mu: svaki èovjek najprije dobro vino iznosi, a kad se opiju onda rðavije; a ti si èuvao dobro vino doslije. 11Ovo uèini Isus poèetak èudesima u Kani Galilejskoj, i pokaza slavu svoju; i uèenici njegovi vjerovaše ga.

Commemorations

Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (107)

He was the nephew of Joseph the Betrothed, and one of the Seventy. When the Apostle James, first Bishop of Jerusalem, was martyred, St Symeon was named to replace him. As second Bishop of Jerusalem he governed the Church there to a very great age. In the time of the Emperor Trajan a persecution broke out in Palestine against both Christians and Jews; Symeon was condemned on both counts, and was privileged to die, like his Lord, by crucifixion. He was 120 years old.

Our Holy Father Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir (1094)

He was a disciple of St Theodosius of the Kiev Caves (commemorated May 3), and became abbot of the Monastery of the Caves. After many years of faithful service he fell victim to the intrigues of a monk against him, lost his abbacy and was even driven from the monastery. In God’s time the holy monk was vindicated and made Bishop of Vladimir. There he guided the Church for many years, reposing peacefully in old age in 1094.

Burning of the relics of St Sava I of Serbia by the Turks (1594)

At the time of the Turkish occupation, so many Serbian Christians gathered around the relics of St Sava (at Mileseva), pleading for his intercession, that the Ottoman ruler, Sinan Pasha, feared that the relics would become the focus of a popular rebellion. He therefore had the relics brought to Belgrade and burned. The Pasha is long gone; the Saint continues to intercede for his people and for the world.