1 Corinthians 10.28-11.7 (Epistle)

28Ako li vam pak ko reèe: ovo je idolska žrtva, ne jedite radi onoga koji vam kaže, i radi savjesti; jer je Gospodnja zemlja i što je na njoj. 29Ali ne govorim za savjest tvoju, nego drugoga; jer zašto da moju slobodu sudi savjest drugoga? 30Ako ja s blagodaæu uživam, zašto da se huli na mene za ono za što ja zahvaljujem? 31Ako dakle jedete, ako li pijete, ako li što drugo èinite, sve na slavu Božiju èinite. 32Ne budite na sablazan ni Jevrejima, ni Grcima, ni crkvi Božijoj, 33Kao što i ja u svaèemu svima ugaðam, ne tražeæi svoje koristi nego mnogijeh, da se spasu.

1Ugledajte se na mene, kao i ja na Hrista. 2Hvalim vas pak, braæo, što sve moje pamtite i držite zapovijesti kao što vam predadoh. 3Ali hoæu da znate da je svakome mužu glava Hristos; a muž je glava ženi; a Bog je glava Hristu. 4Svaki muž koji se s pokrivenom glavom moli Bogu ili prorokuje, sramoti glavu svoju. 5I svaka žena koja se gologlava moli Bogu ili prorokuje, sramoti glavu svoju; jer je sve jedno kao da je obrijana. 6Ako se dakle ne pokriva žena, neka se striže; ako li je ružno ženi striæi se ili brijati se, neka se pokriva. 7Ali muž da ne pokriva glave, jer je oblièje i slava Božija; a žena je slava muževlja.

Matthew 16.24-28 (Gospel)

24Tada Isus reèe uèenicima svojijem: ako ko hoæe za mnom iæi, neka se odreèe sebe, i uzme krst svoj i ide za mnom. 25Jer ko hoæe svoju dušu da saèuva, izgubiæe je; a ako ko izgubi dušu svoju mene radi, naæi æe je. 26Jer kakva je korist èovjeku ako sav svijet dobije a duši svojoj naudi? ili kakav æe otkup dati èovjek za svoju dušu? 27Jer æe doæi sin èovjeèij u slavi oca svojega s anðelima svojijem, i tada æe se vratiti svakome po djelima njegovijem. 28Zaisto vam kažem: imaju neki meðu ovima što stoje ovdje koji neæe okusiti smrti dok ne vide sina èovjeèijega gdje ide u carstvu svojemu.

Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy

St Silas was a companion and fellow-worker of the Apostle Paul (see Acts 15). He became Bishop of Corinth and reposed in peace. St Silvanus became Bishop of Thessalonica and reposed in peace. St Crescens, mentioned by St Paul in 2 Timothy 4:10, became Bishop of Chalcedon. St Epenetus, praised by St Paul in Romans 16:5 as “my well-beloved Epenetus, the first-fruits of Achaia” (that is the first Christian from the Greek land) became Bishop of Carthage. St Andronicus and his fellow-worker Junia are also commemorated May 17.

Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251)

“When the Emperor Decius conquered Babylon, he arrested Polychronius, together with three priests, two deacons and two baptised princes, Eudin and Senis. Polychronius would make no reply before the Emperor, but kept silent, while St Parmenius, one of the priests, spoke for them all. The Emperor took the bishop and priests to Persia, to the city of Kordoba, and had them beheaded with an axe, but he took the princes with him to Rome, threw them first to the wild beasts and then had them slain with the sword. They all suffered with honour in 251.” (Prologue)

Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania.

She was the daughter of Scanderbeg, Albania’s national hero. She married Stefan, Prince of Serbia, a kinsman of Scanderbeg who sought refuge in his court. Stefan, a gentle, God-fearing man, had been blinded by the Turkish Sultan. Princess Angelina, loving him despite his loss of his vision and his worldly kingdom, married him with her father’s blessing. Together they had two sons, George and John. When their sons were grown, Albania was ravaged by an invasion of the Turks. Stefan, with Angelina and their sons, fled to Italy, where they lived until his repose in 1468. The widowed Angelina buried her husband in his Serbian homeland and devoted her remaining years to good works. Her elder son George gave up his princely title and entered monastic life. John married but died without children in 1503. When Angelina had outlived her two sons as well as her husband she too entered monastic life. She was buried with her sons at Krušedol monastery in northern Serbia. There her miracle-working relics are venerated to this day, and a service is held each year in her memory. She, her husband and her two sons are all glorified as saints of the Church.