Orthodox Calendar

11. јул 2028.
Tuesday of the 6th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast — Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

  • Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam
  • Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands"
  • Translation of the Relics (412)of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus & John
  • Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 1.1-9 (Epistle)

1Od Pavla, voljom Božijom pozvanoga apostola Isusa Hrista, i od Sostena brata, 2Crkvi Božijoj koja je u Korintu, osveæenima u Hristu Isusu, pozvanima svetima, sa svima koji prizivlju ime Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista na svakome mjestu i njihovome i našemu: 3Blagodat vam i mir od Boga oca našega i Gospoda Isusa Hrista. 4Zahvaljujem svagda Bogu svojemu za vas što vam je dana blagodat Božija u Hristu Isusu, 5Te se u svemu obogatiste kroza nj, u svakoj rijeèi i svakom razumu, 6Kao što se svjedoèanstvo Hristovo utvrdi meðu vama; 7Tako da nemate nedostatka ni u jednome daru, vi koji èekate otkrivenja Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista, 8Koji æe vas i utvrditi do samoga kraja da budete pravi na dan Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista. 9Vjeran je Bog koji vas pozva u zajednicu sina svojega Isusa Hrista Gospoda našega.

Matthew 13.24-30 (Gospel)

24Drugu prièu kaza im govoreæi: carstvo je nebesko kao èovjek koji posija dobro sjeme u polju svojemu, 25A kad ljudi pospaše, doðe njegov neprijatelj i posija kukolj po pšenici, pa otide. 26A kad nièe usjev i rod donese, onda se pokaza kukolj. 27Tada doðoše sluge domaæinove i rekoše mu: gospodaru! nijesi li ti dobro sjeme sijao na svojoj njivi? Otkuda dakle kukolj? 28A on reèe im: neprijatelj èovjek to uèini. A sluge rekoše mu: hoæeš li dakle da idemo da ga poèupamo? 29A on reèe: ne; da ne bi èupajuæi kukolj poèupali zajedno s njime pšenicu. 30Ostavite neka raste oboje zajedno do žetve; i u vrijeme žetve reæi æu žeteocima: saberite najprije kukolj, i svežite ga u snoplje da ga sažežem; a pšenicu svezite u žitnicu moju.

Commemorations

Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam

After helping to establish Orthodoxy among the Karelian Finns, they founded the famous Valaam Monastery on Lake Ladoga in northern Russia. Both reposed in the same year.

Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands"

Saint John of Damascus (December 4), the great defender of Orthodoxy against the iconoclasts, was falsely accused of plotting against the Caliph of Damascus through the intrigues of the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Isaurian (reigned 717-741). The Caliph ordered St John’s hand to be cut off for his suspected treachery. The saint asked for the severed hand, and passed the night praying fervently for aid before an icon of the most holy Theotokos. Waking in the morning, he found his hand miraculously restored, with only a scar around the wrist where it had been completely severed. In thanksgiving, St John had a silver hand mounted on the icon. When he became a monk in the monastery of St Sabbas in the Holy Land, he took the icon with him. It remained there until it was given to St Sabbas (Sava) of Serbia (January 14), who brought it to Serbia. Later it was miraculously taken to the Hilandar Monastery on the Holy Mountain (carried, according to legend, from Serbia to Mt Athos by an unguided donkey), where it may now be found.

Translation of the Relics (412)of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus & John

They are counted among the Unmercenary Physicians. For their lives, see January 31.

Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)

“A great ascetic and wonderworker of the Egyptian desert, he was a contemporary of Patriarch Theophilus and the Emperor Theodosius the Great. He is called ‘the Standard-Bearer’ because he once helped the Emperor Theodosius to gain a victory over enemy forces by his prayers. When the Emperor summoned him to Constantinople, he replied that he was unable to go, but sent his torn and patched monastic habit and his staff. Going out to battle, the Emperor put on Sennuphius’s habit and carried his staff in his hand, and returned victorious from the battle.” (Prologue)