Acts 20.7-12 (Epistle)

7A u prvi dan nedjelje, kad se sabraše uèenici da lome hljeb, govoraše im Pavle, jer šæaše sjutradan da poðe, i proteže besjedu do ponoæi. 8I bijahu mnoge svijeæe gore u sobi gdje se bijasmo sabrali. 9A sjeðaše na prozoru jedno momèe, po imenu Evtih, nadvladano od tvrdoga sna, i kad Pavle govoraše mnogo, naže se u snu i pade dolje s treæega poda, i digoše ga mrtva. 10A Pavle sišavši pade na nj, i zagrlivši ga reèe: ne bunite se, jer je duša njegova u njemu. 11Onda iziðe gore, i prelomivši hljeb okusi, i dovoljno govori do same zore, i tako otide. 12A momèe dovedoše živo, i utješiše se ne malo.

John 14.10-21 (Gospel)

10Zar ne vjeruješ da sam ja u ocu i otac u meni? Rijeèi koje vam ja govorim ne govorim od sebe; nego otac koji stoji u meni on tvori djela. 11Vjerujte meni da sam ja u ocu i otac u meni; ako li meni ne vjerujete, vjerujte mi po tijem djelima. 12Zaista, zaista vam kažem: koji vjeruje mene, djela koja ja tvorim i on æe tvoriti, i veæa æe od ovijeh tvoriti: jer ja idem k ocu svojemu; 13I šta god zaištete u oca u ime moje, ono æu vam uèiniti, da se proslavi otac u sinu. 14I ako što zaištete u ime moje, ja æu uèiniti. 15Ako imate ljubav k meni, zapovijesti moje držite. 16I ja æu umoliti oca, i daæe vam drugoga utješitelja da bude s vama vavijek: 17Duha istine, kojega svijet ne može primiti, jer ga ne vidi niti ga poznaje; a vi ga poznajete, jer u vama stoji, i u vama æe biti. 18Neæu vas ostaviti sirotne; doæi æu k vama. 19Još malo i svijet mene više neæe vidjeti; a vi æete me vidjeti; jer ja živim, i vi æete življeti. 20U onaj æete vi dan doznati da sam ja u ocu svojemu, i vi u meni, i ja u vama. 21Ko ima zapovijesti moje i drži ih on je onaj što ima ljubav k meni; a koji ima ljubav k meni imaæe k njemu ljubav otac moj; i ja æu imati ljubav k njemu, i javiæu mu se sam.

St Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383)

While a hermit in the east, Isaac heard that the Arians, supported by the Emperor Valens, were persecuting Orthodoxy. Leaving his seclusion, he traveled to Constantinople, where he lived in a small hut. He confronted the Emperor, telling him that if he did not cease his persecutions and embrace the true Faith, disaster would befall him. The Emperor ignored his words, and shortly thereafter was killed in a battle with the Goths. The Emperor Theodosius the Great then came to the throne, restoring peace to the Church. Hearing of Isaac and his prophecy, the Emperor sent for Isaac and prostrated before him. Isaac wished to return to the desert, but was persuaded to remain as a monk in Constantinople. He took part in the Second Ecumenical Council, where he shone in zeal for the Faith; the Third Ecumenical Council made him archimandrite over all the monasteries in the City. (Some say that the monastery founded by him is called the Dalmatian Monastery because it was built by Dalmatus, a wealthy nobleman of the City; others say that it was founded by St Isaac himself and later took its name from Abbot Dalmatus, who succeeded Isaac). In his own lifetime St Isaac was known far and wide as a wonderworker and one endowed with the gift of prophecy.

Saint Isaac is also commemorated in August 3, along with Dalmatus and his son Faustus.

St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.)

“The grandmother of St Basil the Great, she was outstanding for her intellect and piety. She was a disciple of St Gregory the Wonder-worker of Neocaesarea. In the reign of Diocletian, she abandoned her home and hid in the forests and desert places with her husband, Basil. Although their home was confiscated, they felt no pangs of regret. Stripped of everything except their love for God, they settled in an ancient forest and spent seven years there. By God’s providence, goats would come down from the mountains and provide them with food. They both died peacefully in the fourth century, after great sufferings for the Christian faith.” (Prologue)