Matthew 28.16-20 (1st Matins Gospel)

16A jedanaest uèenika otidoše u Galileju u goru kuda im je kazao Isus. 17I kad ga vidješe, pokloniše mu se; a jedni posumnjaše. 18I pristupivši Isus reèe im govoreæi: dade mi se svaka vlast na nebu i na zemlji. 19Idite dakle i nauèite sve narode krsteæi ih va ime oca i sina i svetoga Duha, 20Uèeæi ih da sve drže što sam vam zapovijedao; i evo ja sam s vama u sve dane do svršetka vijeka. Amin.

Acts 5.12-20 (Epistle)

12A rukama apostolskima uèiniše se mnogi znaci i èudesa meðu ljudima; i bijahu svi jednodušno u trijemu Solomunovu. 13A od ostalijeh niko ne smijaše pristupiti k njima; nego ih hvaljaše narod. 14A sve više pristajahu oni koji vjerovahu Gospoda, mnoštvo ljudi i žena, 15Tako da i po ulicama iznošahu bolesnike i metahu na posteljama i na nosilima, da bi kad proðe Petar barem sjenka njegova osjenila koga od njih. 16A dolažahu mnogi i iz okolnijeh gradova u Jerusalim, i donošahu bolesnike i koje muèahu neèisti duhovi; i svi ozdravljahu. 17Ali ustade poglavar sveštenièki i svi koji bijahu s njim, od jeresi sadukejske, i napuniše se zavisti, 18I digoše ruke svoje na apostole, i metnuše ih u opšti zatvor. 19A anðeo Gospodnji otvori noæu vrata tamnièka, i izvedavši ih reèe: 20Idite i stanite u crkvi te govorite narodu sve rijeèi ovoga života.

John 20.19-31 (Gospel)

19A kad bi uveèe onaj prvi dan nedjelje, i vrata bijahu zatvorena gdje se bijahu uèenici njegovi skupili od straha Jevrejskoga, doðe Isus i stade na srijedu i reèe im: mir vam. 20I ovo rekavši pokaza im ruke i rebra svoja. Onda se uèenici obradovaše vidjevši Gospoda. 21A Isus im reèe opet: mir vam; kao što otac posla mene, i ja šaljem vas. 22I ovo rekavši dunu, i reèe im: primite Duh sveti. 23Kojima oprostite grijehe, oprostiæe im se; i kojima zadržite, zadržaæe se. 24A Toma koji se zove Blizanac, jedan od dvanaestorice, ne bješe ondje s njima kad doðe Isus. 25A drugi mu uèenici govorahu: vidjesmo Gospoda. A on im reèe: dok ne vidim na rukama njegovijem rana od klina, i ne metnem prsta svojega u rane od klina, i ne metnem ruke svoje u rebra njegova; neæu vjerovati. 26I poslije osam dana opet bijahu uèenici njegovi unutra, i Toma s njima. Doðe Isus kad bijahu vrata zatvorena, i stade meðu njima i reèe: mir vam. 27Potom reèe Tomi: pruži prst svoj amo i viði ruke moje; i pruži ruku svoju i metni u rebra moja, i ne budi nevjeran nego vjeran. 28I odgovori Toma i reèe mu: Gospod moj i Bog moj. 29Isus mu reèe: pošto me vidje vjerovao si; blago onima koji ne vidješe i vjerovaše. 30A i mnoga druga èudesa uèini Isus pred uèenicima svojijem koja nijesu pisana u knjizi ovoj. 31A ova se napisaše, da vjerujete da Isus jest Hristos sin Božij, i da vjerujuæi imate život u ime njegovo.

Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322)

Licinius was co-emperor with Constantine the Great. At his accession, he had agreed to tolerate Christianity in his territories, but soon turned to persecuting the Christians, and to a variety of carnal sins. He conceived a passion for Glaphyra, a Christian virgin handmaid of the Empress Constantia. When Glaphyra told Constantia of this, the Empress sent her away to Amasia in the East for her protection. There she was received and protected by Bishop Basil of that city. Licinius learned where Glaphyra was hiding and ordered that both she and the bishop be brought to him as prisoners. The soldiers who came for her found that she had already died, so they returned with only Bishop Basil, who was subjected to cruel tortures, then beheaded. His body was cast into the sea, but, with the help of an angel of God, his people found his body, retrieved it from the sea, and returned it to Amasia.

The Prologue adds, “The Emperor Constantine raised an army against Licinius, overcame him, arrested him and sent him into exile in Gaul, where he ended his God-hating days.”

St Stephen,Bishop of Perm (1396)

As a young man he entered monastic life at the monastery of St Gregory the Theologian in Rostov. Learning that the land of Perm (on the western slopes of the Ural Mountains) was still immured in paganism, he was filled with a desire to bring the Gospel to its people. He set about learning the language, created an alphabet and translated the service books. With the blessing of the Metropolitan of Moscow he then set out and began his apostolic labors. When, after much difficulty and many sufferings, he had gathered a community of baptised Christians, he was made Bishop of the region. Once, in his old age, he returned to Moscow, where he reposed in 1396.