27 Mai 2028
Saturday of the 6th Sunday of Pascha

No Fast

Commemorations

Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)
Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)
Blessed Isidore the Fool for Christ (1484)

Scripture Readings

Acts 20.7-12 (Epistle)

7În ziua dintâi a săptămânii, eram adunaţi laolaltă ca să frângem pâinea. Pavel, care trebuia să plece a doua zi, vorbea ucenicilor şi şi-a lungit vorbirea până la miezul nopţii. 8În odaia de sus, unde eram adunaţi, erau multe lumini. 9Şi un tânăr, numit Eutih, care şedea pe fereastră, a adormit de-a binelea în timpul lungii vorbiri a lui Pavel; biruit de somn, a căzut jos din catul al treilea şi a fost ridicat mort. 10Dar Pavel s-a coborât, s-a repezit spre el, l-a luat în braţe şi a zis: „Nu vă tulburaţi, căci sufletul lui este în el.” 11După ce s-a suit iarăşi, a frânt pâinea, a cinat şi a mai vorbit multă vreme până la ziuă. Apoi a plecat. 12Flăcăul a fost adus viu, şi lucrul acesta a fost pricina unei mari mângâieri.

John 14.10-21 (Gospel)

10Nu crezi că Eu sunt în Tatăl, şi Tatăl este în Mine? Cuvintele pe care vi le spun Eu, nu le spun de la Mine; ci Tatăl, care locuieşte în Mine, El face aceste lucrări ale Lui. 11Credeţi-Mă că Eu sunt în Tatăl, şi Tatăl este în Mine; credeţi cel puţin pentru lucrările acestea. 12Adevărat, adevărat vă spun că cine crede în Mine va face şi el lucrările pe care le fac Eu; ba încă va face altele şi mai mari decât acestea, pentru că Eu Mă duc la Tatăl; 13şi orice veţi cere în Numele Meu, voi face, pentru ca Tatăl să fie proslăvit în Fiul. 14Dacă veţi cere ceva în Numele Meu, voi face. 15Dacă Mă iubiţi, veţi păzi poruncile Mele. 16Şi Eu voi ruga pe Tatăl, şi El vă va da un alt Mângâietor, care să rămână cu voi în veac; 17şi anume Duhul adevărului, pe care lumea nu-L poate primi, pentru că nu-L vede şi nu-L cunoaşte; dar voi Îl cunoaşteţi, căci rămâne cu voi şi va fi în voi. 18Nu vă voi lăsa orfani, Mă voi întoarce la voi. 19Peste puţină vreme, lumea nu Mă va mai vedea, dar voi Mă veţi vedea; pentru că Eu trăiesc, şi voi veţi trăi. 20În ziua aceea, veţi cunoaşte că Eu sunt în Tatăl Meu, că voi sunteţi în Mine şi că Eu sunt în voi. 21Cine are poruncile Mele şi le păzeşte acela Mă iubeşte; şi cine Mă iubeşte va fi iubit de Tatăl Meu. Eu îl voi iubi şi Mă voi arăta lui.”

Commemorations

Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)

A devout Christian from his early youth, he was kidnapped from his native Chios and impressed into the army. When he openly confessed himself a Christian, his commander ordered him to make sacrifice to the gods. When he resolutely refused, the commander ordered him to be beaten with iron flails, then had his tongue cut out. But even without a tongue, Isidore was miraculously enabled to speak, and clearly proclaimed the name of Christ. At the same moment, the commander was struck mute. The commander then ordered by signs that Isidore be beheaded. Isidore went to his death rejoicing and praising God. This occurred during the persecutions of the Emperor Decius.

Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)

“ ‘Sindon’ means ‘linen cloth,’ and this saint was called ‘the Sindonite’ because he covered his naked body only with a linen cloth. He carried the Gospels in his hand. Serapion lived like the birds, with no roof and no cares, moving from one place to another. He gave his linen cloth to a poor wretch who was shivering with cold, and himself remained completely naked. When someone asked him: ‘Serapion, who made you naked?’, he indicated the Gospels and said: ‘This!’ But, after that, he gave away the Gospels also for the money needed by a man who was being hounded to prison by a creditor in debt. [note: Gospel books were all hand-written, and were uncommon and valuable.] At one time in Athens, he did not eat for four days, having nothing, and began to cry out with hunger. When the Athenian philosophers asked him what he was shouting about, he replied: ‘There were three to whom I was in debt: two have quietened down, but the third is still tormenting me. The first creditor is carnal lust, who has tormented me from my youth; the second is love of money, and the third is the stomach. The first two have left me alone, but the third one still torments me.’ The philosophers gave him some gold to buy bread. He went to a baker, bought a single loaf, put down all the gold and went out. He went peacefully to the Lord in old age, in the 5th century.” (Prologue)

Blessed Isidore the Fool for Christ (1484)

He was German by birth but, drawn to the Orthodox faith, he moved to Rostov and not only became Orthodox, but took on the podvig of folly for Christ. He lived in complete destitution, spending the days pretending madness and the nights in prayer. Many wonders were performed by this Saint even in his lifetime. When he died in his meager hut in 1484, the people of Rostov smelled a fragrant odor throughout the city. A merchant whom he had miraculously saved from drowning built a church in the place where his hut had stood.