Mark 16.9-20 (3rd Matins Gospel)

9A Isus ustavši rano u prvi dan nedjelje javi se najprije Mariji Magdalini, iz koje je istjerao sedam ðavola. 10A ona otide te javi onima što su bili s njim, koji plakahu i ridahu. 11I oni èuvši da je živ i da ga je ona vidjela ne vjerovaše. 12A potom javi se na putu dvojici od njih u drugome oblièju, kad su išli u selo. 13I oni otišavši javiše ostalima; i ni njima ne vjerovaše. 14A najposlije javi se kad njih jedanaestorica bijahu za trpezom, i prekori ih za njihovo nevjerje i tvrðu srca što ne vjerovaše onima koji su ga vidjeli da je ustao; 15I reèe im: idite po svemu svijetu i propovjedite jevanðelje svakome stvorenju. 16Koji uzvjeruje i pokrsti se, spašæe se; a ko ne vjeruje osudiæe se. 17A znaci onima koji vjeruju biæe ovi: imenom mojijem izgoniæe ðavole; govoriæe novijem jezicima; 18Uzimaæe zmije u ruke, ako i smrtno što popiju, neæe im nauditi; na bolesnike metaæe ruke, i ozdravljaæe. 19A Gospod pošto im izgovori uze se na nebo, i sjede Bogu s desne strane. 20A oni iziðoše i propovijedaše svuda, i Gospod ih potpomaga, i rijeè potvrðiva znacima koji su se potom pokazivali. Amin.

Romans 13.11-14.4 (Epistle)

11I znajuæi ovo vrijeme da je veæ èas došao da ustanemo od sna; jer nam je sad bliže spasenije negoli kad vjerovasmo. 12Noæ proðe a dan se približi: da odbacimo dakle sva djela tamna, i da se obuèemo u oružje vidjela. 13Da hodimo pošteno kao po danu: ne u žderanju i pijanstvu, ne u kurvarstvu i neèistoti, ne u svaðanju i zavisti; 14Nego se obucite u Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista; i tijelu ne ugaðajte po željama.

1A slaboga u vjeri primajte lijepo, da se ne smeta savjest. 2Jer jedan vjeruje da smije svašta jesti, a koji je slab jede zelje. 3Koji jede neka ne ukorava onoga koji ne jede; i koji ne jede neka ne osuðuje onoga koji jede; jer ga Bog primi. 4Ko si ti koji sudiš tuðemu sluzi? On svojemu gospodaru stoji ili pada. Ali æe ustati; jer je Bog kadar podignuti ga.

Matthew 6.14-21 (Gospel)

14Jer ako opraštate ljudima grijehe njihove, oprostiæe i vama otac vaš nebeski. 15Ako li ne opraštate ljudima grijeha njihovijeh, ni otac vaš neæe oprostiti vama grijeha vašijeh. 16A kad postite, ne budite žalosni kao licemjeri; jer oni naèine blijeda lica svoja da ih vide ljudi gdje poste. Zaisto vam kažem da su primili platu svoju. 17A ti kad postiš, namaži glavu svoju, i lice svoje umij, 18Da te ne vide ljudi gdje postiš, nego otac tvoj koji je u tajnosti; i otac tvoj koji vidi tajno, platiæe tebi javno. 19Ne sabirajte sebi blaga na zemlji, gdje moljac i rða kvari, i gdje lupeži potkopavaju i kradu; 20Nego sabirajte sebi blago na nebu, gdje ni moljac ni rða ne kvari, i gdje lupeži ne potkopavaju i ne kradu. 21Jer gdje je vaše blago, ondje æe biti i srce vaše.

Our Holy Father Auxentius (470)

He was of Persian origin, born in Syria. As a young man, he distinguished himself as a member of the court of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger. Seeing the vanity of the world’s honors and pleasures, he became a monk in Constantinople; but when the people began to praise his holiness, he fled to Mount Oxeia near Chalcedon, which later became known as Auxentius’ Mountain. There he built a small hut and lived in reclusion; but in time he was discovered by some shepherds, and the faithful began to come in increasing numbers for his teaching, blessing, prayers and healing. He performed countless miracles, but such was his humility that he always sought to avoid their being attributed to him. When he was asked to pray for someone’s healing, he would try to refuse, saying “I too am a sinful man.” But, when he was prevailed on by the pleas of the people, he would call on all of them to pray together for the healing; or he would remind them that God would give according to their faith; or he would say to the sick person “The Lord Jesus Christ heals you.” When the Emperor Marcian summoned the Fourth Ecumenical Council to Chalcedon, he ordered that the hermit join the assembly of holy Fathers. Auxentius refused, saying that doctrinal teaching was the province of bishops, not monks. The Emperor’s envoys took him by force. He was greeted with honor by the Emperor, and affirmed all the decisions of the Council.

He never returned to Mount Oxeia, but settled in an even wilder and more remote spot on Mount Skopa, which later came to be called Mount St Auxentius. His disciples built him a tiny wooden hut with one small window through which he could converse with his steady stream of visitors. He reposed in peace in 470. A great crowd gathered for his funeral, and his holy relics were taken into the care of a women’s monastery whose spiritual Father he had been.

Mount St Auxentius soon became a center of hesychastic life, with seven monasteries.

Saint Cyril, Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of the Slavs (869)

See the joint commemoration of Sts Cyril and Methodius on May 11.

Venerable Maron the Hermit of Syria (ca. 423)

This ascetic and wonderworker was a friend of St John Chrysostom. Read his life here.