Orthodox Calendar

12. септембар 2027.
12nd Sunday after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

  • Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs
  • Sts Alexander (340), John (595), and Paul the New (784), patriarchs of Constantinople

Scripture Readings

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.

1 Corinthians 15.1-11 (Epistle)

1Ali vam napominjem, braæo, jevanðelje, koje vam objavih, koje i primiste, u kome i stojite, 2Kojijem se i spasavate, ako držite kako vam objavih; veæ ako da uzalud vjerovaste. 3Jer vam najprije predadoh što i primih da Hristos umrije za grijehe naše, po pismu, 4I da bi ukopan, i da usta treæi dan, po pismu, 5I da se javi Kifi, potom jedanaestorici apostola; 6A potom ga vidješe jednom više od pet stotina braæe, od kojijeh mnogi žive i sad, a neki i pomriješe; 7A potom se javi Jakovu, pa onda svima apostolima; 8A poslije sviju javi se i meni, kao kakvom nedonošèetu. 9Jer sam ja najmlaði meðu apostolima, koji nijesam dostojan nazvati se apostol, jer gonih crkvu Božiju. 10Ali po blagodati Božijoj jesam što jesam, i blagodat njegova što je u meni ne osta prazna, nego se potrudih više od sviju njih, ali ne ja nego blagodat Božija koja je sa mnom. 11Bio dakle ja ili oni, tako propovijedamo, i tako vjerovaste.

Matthew 19.16-26 (Gospel)

16I gle, neko pristupivši reèe mu: uèitelju blagi! kakovo æu dobro da uèinim da imam život vjeèni? 17A on reèe mu: što me zoveš blagijem? niko nije blag osim jednoga Boga. A ako želiš uæi u život, drži zapovijesti. 18Reèe mu: koje? A Isus reèe: da ne ubiješ; ne èiniš preljube; ne ukradeš; ne svjedoèiš lažno; 19Poštuj oca i mater; i ljubi bližnjega svoga kao samog sebe. 20Reèe mu mladiæ: sve sam ovo saèuvao od mladosti svoje; šta mi još treba? 21Reèe mu Isus: ako hoæeš savršen da budeš, idi prodaj sve što imaš i podaj siromasima; i imaæeš blago na nebu; pa hajde za mnom. 22A kad èu mladiæ rijeè, otide žalostan; jer bijaše vrlo bogat. 23A Isus reèe uèenicima svojijem: zaista vam kažem da je teško bogatome uæi u carstvo nebesko. 24I još vam kažem: lakše je kamili proæi kroz iglene uši negoli bogatome uæi u carstvo Božije. 25A kad to èuše uèenici, divljahu se vrlo govoreæi: ko se dakle može spasti? 26A Isus pogledavši na njih reèe im: ljudima je ovo nemoguæe, a Bogu je sve moguæe.

Commemorations

Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs

On this day are commemorated seventeen holy Serbian hierarchs, beginning with St Sava (Sabbas), first Archbishop of Serbia and Equal to the Apostles. They are:

  • St Sava, first Archbishop of Serbia, Equal to the Apostles
  • Arsenius, his successor
  • Sava II, son of King Stephen the First-Crowned
  • Nicodemus, who lived on the Holy Mountain, was abbot of Hilandar Monastery there and Archbishop of Serbia
  • Joannicius, patriarch from 1346-1349
  • Ephraim, chosen as patriarch against his will in 1376. He crowned Prince Lazar, then renounced the patriarchal throne and retired into solitude
  • Spiridon, his successor (+1388)
  • Macarius, a great restorer of old churches and monasteries; printed many Church books (+1574)
  • Gabriel, a nobleman by birth. The Prologue says that he ‘took part in the Moscow Council under Patriarch Nikhon, because of which he was tortured by the Turks for treason and hanged in 1656.’
  • In addition, Eustace, Jacob, Danilo, Sava III, Gregory, John, Maxim and Nikhon.
The vital connection between the Serbian church and the Holy Mountain is obvious here; many of these hierarchs lived and struggled on Mt Athos.

Sts Alexander (340), John (595), and Paul the New (784), patriarchs of Constantinople

St Alexander took part in the First Ecumenical Council as delegate of Patriarch Metrophanes, who was too frail to attend; and succeeded Metrophanes on the Patriarchal throne. By his prayer to God that the Church might be spared the schemings of Arius, Arius was struck dead.

St John is, by one account, St John the Faster (Sept. 2), who reposed in 595; by another, St John Scholasticus (Feb. 21), who reposed in 577.

St Paul was Patriarch for five years, then renounced the Patriarchal throne to take the Great Schema.