4. јул 2028.
Tuesday of the 5th week after Pentecost

Apostles Fast — Wine and Oil are Allowed

Commemorations

Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia (305)
Our Holy Fathers Julius and Julian (5th c.)

Scripture Readings

Romans 14.9-18 (Epistle)

9Jer zato Hristos i umrije i vaskrse i oživlje da oblada i mrtvima i živima. 10A ti zašto osuðuješ brata svojega? Ili ti zašto ukoravaš brata svojega? Jer æemo svi iziæi na sud pred Hrista. 11Jer je pisano: tako mi života, govori Gospod, pokloniæe mi se svako koljeno, i svaki jezik slaviæe Boga. 12Tako æe dakle svaki od nas dati Bogu odgovor za sebe. 13Zato da ne osuðujemo više jedan drugoga, nego mjesto toga ovo gledajte da ne postavljate bratu spoticanja ili sablazni. 14Znam i uvjeren sam u Hristu Isusu da ništa nije pogano po sebi, osim kad ko misli da je što pogano, onome je pogano. 15A ako je brat tvoj jela radi žalostan, veæ se ne vladaš po ljubavi: ne gubi jelom svojijem onoga za kojega Hristos umrije. 16Gledajte dakle da se ne huli na vaše dobro. 17Jer carstvo Božije nije jelo i piæe, nego pravda i mir i radost u Duhu svetome. 18Jer koji ovijem služi Hristu ugodan je Bogu i mio ljudima.

Matthew 12.14-16, 22-30 (Gospel)

14A fariseji izišavši naèiniše vijeæu o njemu kako bi ga pogubili. No Isus doznavši to ukloni se odande. 15I za njim idoše ljudi mnogi, i iscijeli ih sve. 16I zaprijeti im da ga ne razglašuju: 22Tada dovedoše k njemu bijesna koji bješe nijem i slijep; i iscijeli ga da nijemi i slijepi stade govoriti i gledati. 23I divljahu se svi ljudi govoreæi: nije li ovo Hristos, sin Davidov? 24A fariseji èuvši to rekoše: ovaj drukèije ne izgoni ðavola do pomoæu Veelzevula kneza ðavolskoga. 25A Isus znajuæi misli njihove reèe im: svako carstvo koje se razdijeli samo po sebi, opustjeæe; i svaki grad ili dom koji se razdijeli sam po sebi, propašæe. 26I ako sotona sotonu izgoni, sam po sebi razdijelio se; kako æe dakle ostati carstvo njegovo? 27I ako ja pomoæu Veelzevula izgonim ðavole, sinovi vaši èijom pomoæu izgone? Zato æe vam oni biti sudije. 28A ako li ja Duhom Božijim izgonim ðavole, dakle je došlo k vama carstvo nebesko. 29Ili kako može ko uæi u kuæu jakoga i pokuæstvo njegovo oteti, ako najprije ne sveže jakoga? i onda æe kuæu njegovu oplijeniti. 30Koji nije sa mnom, protiv mene je; i koji ne sabira sa mnom, prosipa.

Commemorations

Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia (305)

“Of a noble senatorial family, he lived in Tarsus in Cilicia and suffered in the reign of Diocletian. Although only eighteen years old when he was taken for trial for the Faith, St Julian was already both educated and resolute in Christian faith and devotion. The imperial governor took him from city to city for a whole year, torturing him all the while and attempting to persuade him to renounce Christ. Julian’s mother followed her son at a distance. When the governor seized her and sent her to urge her son to renounce Christ, she spent three days in the prison with him, giving him precisely the opposite advice, teaching him and giving him the strength not to lose heart but to go to his death with courage and gratitude to God. His torturers then sewed Julian into a sack of sand with scorpions and snakes and threw him into the sea, and his mother also died under torture. The waves carried his body onto the shore, and the faithful took it to Alexandria, where they buried it in 290. His relics were later taken to Antioch. St John Chrysostom himself gave an eulogy for the holy martyr Julian: ‘A holy voice comes forth from the lips of the martyr, and with this voice is poured out a light brighter than the rays of the sun.’ He said further: ‘Take whomsoever you will, be he a madman or one possessed, and lead him to the grave of this saint, to the martyr’s relics, and you will see the demon immediately jump out and flee as from blazing fire.’ It is evident from this speech that many wonders must have been wrought at St Julian’s grave.” (Prologue)

Our Holy Fathers Julius and Julian (5th c.)

They were brothers from Greece, Christians from childhood; Julius was a priest, Julian a deacon. At the command of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger, they set out as missionaries to destroy idols and bring the people to faith in Christ throughout the Empire. During their lifetime they built a hundred churches and brought thousands to Christ. They reposed in peace near Milan: that city’s people once invoked St Julius for help against wolves.