دوم قرنتیان ۸.۷-۱۵ (رساله)

۷پس چنانکه در همه چیز ممتازید - در ایمان، در بیان، در معرفت، در شور و حرارت بسیار، و در محبتتان به ما - پس در این فیضِ بخشندگی نیز گوی سبقت را بربایید. ۸این را به شما حکم نمی‌کنم، بلکه می‌خواهم خلوص محبتتان را در قیاس با شور و حرارت دیگران بیازمایم. ۹زیرا از فیض خداوند ما عیسی مسیح آگاهید که هرچند دولتمند بود، به‌خاطر شما فقیر شد تا شما در نتیجۀ فقر او دولتمند شوید. ۱۰پس نظر خود را در این باره بیان می‌کنم، زیرا به سود شماست: سال گذشته، شما نه تنها در انجام این کار خیر، بلکه در ابراز اشتیاق به انجام آن نیز پیشقدم بودید. ۱۱پس اکنون کار خود را به کمال رسانید، تا اشتیاقتان به این کار، انجام کامل آن را نیز، به فراخور توان مالی‌تان، در پی داشته باشد. ۱۲زیرا اگر اشتیاق باشد، هدیۀ شخص مقبول می‌افتد، البته بر حسب آنچه کسی دارد، نه آنچه ندارد. ۱۳زیرا خواست ما این نیست که دیگران در رفاه باشند و شما در فشار، بلکه خواهان برقراری مساواتیم، ۱۴تا غنای شما در حال حاضر، کمبود آنان را برطرف کند، و روزی نیز غنای آنها کمبود شما را برطرف خواهد کرد. بدین‌سان مساوات برقرار خواهد شد، ۱۵چنانکه نوشته شده است: «آن که زیاد برگرفته بود، اضافه نداشت، و آن که کم برگرفته بود، کم نداشت.»

مرقس ۳.۶-۱۲ (انجیل)

۶آنگاه فَریسیان بیرون رفتند و بی‌درنگ با هیرودیان توطئه کردند که چگونه عیسی را از میان بردارند. ۷سپس عیسی با شاگردان خود به سوی دریا کناره جُست. انبوهی از جلیلیان نیز در پی او روانه شدند. ۸نیز، گروهی بسیار از مردم یهودیه و اورشلیم و اَدومیه و نواحیِ آن سوی رود اردن و حوالی صور و صیدون، چون خبر همۀ کارهای او را شنیدند، نزد وی آمدند. ۹به سبب کثرت جمعیت، عیسی به شاگردان خود فرمود قایقی برایش آماده کنند، تا مردم بر او ازدحام نکنند. ۱۰زیرا از آنجا که بسیاری را شفا داده بود، دردمندان بر او هجوم می‌آوردند تا لمسش کنند. ۱۱هر گاه ارواح پلید او را می‌دیدند، در برابرش به خاک می‌افتادند و فریاد می‌زدند: «تو پسر خدایی!» ۱۲امّا او ایشان را سخت برحذر می‌داشت که به دیگران نگویند او کیست.

قرار دادن کمربند تئوتکس بسیار مقدس (۳-۴? ۸- ۹?)

At the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, her sash came into the possession of the Apostle Thomas and after various transfers came to Cappadocia. It was later taken from there to Constantinople, where it was kept in a sealed casket in the Church of the Theotokos at Blachernae, at the time of the Emperor Arcadius (395-408). The casket was not opened until the reign of the Emperor Leo the Wise (886-912), when the Empress Zoe, who was ill, had a vision in which she was told to have the sash placed upon her. The Emperor obtained the blessing of the Patriarch, the sash was placed upon the Empress, and she was immediately healed. Some accounts say that today’s feast celebrates the bringing of the sash to Constantinople; others that it commemorates the miraculous healing of the Empress.

کشیش‌شهید کیپریان, اسقف کارتاژ (۲۵۸)

He was born around 190 to pagan parents in North Africa. Before baptism he was distinguished in Carthage as a teacher of philosophy and rhetoric. He came to faith in Christ and was baptized at a young age; as soon as he became a Christian he abandoned his prestigious teacher’s position, sold his many possessions and gave all his wealth to the poor. He was ordained presbyter in 247, Bishop of Carthage in 248. He was known for his gentleness and paternal care for his flock, combined with firm opposition to heretics. His extensive writings still guide the Church today.

For his confession of Christ, he was beheaded under the Emperor Valerian on September 14; since that is the date of the Exaltation of the Cross, his feast is kept today. At the time of his execution he left twenty-five gold pieces (a huge sum) for the executioner who beheaded him.

قدیس گنادیوس, پاتریارک قسطنطنیه (۴۷۱)

He was known for his gentleness and his ascetical way of life. He would not ordain any man who did not know the Psalter by heart. He presided at a local council in which simony in the Church was anathematized. In his own lifetime he worked miracles, and he was told the time of his death in a vision. The famous monastery of Studion was built in his time, with his blessing. He reposed in peace.

قدیس آیدان لیندیسفارن (۶۵۱)

Around AD 635, Saint Oswald (5 August), King of Northumbria, appealed to the monks of the Monastery of Iona to send missionaries to his mostly-pagan kingdom. (An earlier mission had ended with the death of St Edwin in 633.) The fathers of the monastery chose St Aidan and consecrated him bishop. He founded a monastery (and his episcopal seat) on the island of Lindisfarne, and undertook missionary journeys, always on foot, throughout the kingdom, with King Oswald often accompanying him and serving as his interpreter. He lived in great poverty, using all the gifts he received as alms for the poor or to buy back captives and slaves. He was the spiritual father of St Hilda (17 Nov.), and founded the first women’s monasteries in Northumbria. He reposed in peace in 651, and was buried at Lindisfarne.

Note: Northumbria was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now northeastern England and southern Scotland.