27. мај 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)

7A u prvi dan nedjelje, kad se sabraše uèenici da lome hljeb, govoraše im Pavle, jer šæaše sjutradan da poðe, i proteže besjedu do ponoæi. 8I bijahu mnoge svijeæe gore u sobi gdje se bijasmo sabrali. 9A sjeðaše na prozoru jedno momèe, po imenu Evtih, nadvladano od tvrdoga sna, i kad Pavle govoraše mnogo, naže se u snu i pade dolje s treæega poda, i digoše ga mrtva. 10A Pavle sišavši pade na nj, i zagrlivši ga reèe: ne bunite se, jer je duša njegova u njemu. 11Onda iziðe gore, i prelomivši hljeb okusi, i dovoljno govori do same zore, i tako otide. 12A momèe dovedoše živo, i utješiše se ne malo.

John 14.10-21 (Gospel)

10Zar ne vjeruješ da sam ja u ocu i otac u meni? Rijeèi koje vam ja govorim ne govorim od sebe; nego otac koji stoji u meni on tvori djela. 11Vjerujte meni da sam ja u ocu i otac u meni; ako li meni ne vjerujete, vjerujte mi po tijem djelima. 12Zaista, zaista vam kažem: koji vjeruje mene, djela koja ja tvorim i on æe tvoriti, i veæa æe od ovijeh tvoriti: jer ja idem k ocu svojemu; 13I šta god zaištete u oca u ime moje, ono æu vam uèiniti, da se proslavi otac u sinu. 14I ako što zaištete u ime moje, ja æu uèiniti. 15Ako imate ljubav k meni, zapovijesti moje držite. 16I ja æu umoliti oca, i daæe vam drugoga utješitelja da bude s vama vavijek: 17Duha istine, kojega svijet ne može primiti, jer ga ne vidi niti ga poznaje; a vi ga poznajete, jer u vama stoji, i u vama æe biti. 18Neæu vas ostaviti sirotne; doæi æu k vama. 19Još malo i svijet mene više neæe vidjeti; a vi æete me vidjeti; jer ja živim, i vi æete življeti. 20U onaj æete vi dan doznati da sam ja u ocu svojemu, i vi u meni, i ja u vama. 21Ko ima zapovijesti moje i drži ih on je onaj što ima ljubav k meni; a koji ima ljubav k meni imaæe k njemu ljubav otac moj; i ja æu imati ljubav k njemu, i javiæu mu se sam.

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.