Orthodox Calendar

11. август 2028.
Friday of the 10th week after Pentecost

Fast

Commemorations

  • Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250)
  • Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

Scripture Readings

2 Corinthians 1.12-20 (Epistle)

12Jer je naša slava ovo: svjedoèanstvo savjesti naše da smo u prostoti i èistoti Božijoj a ne u mudrosti tjelesnoj nego po blagodati Božijoj življeli na svijetu, a osobito meðu vama. 13Jer vam drugo ne pišemo nego što èitate i razumijevate. A nadam se da æete i do kraja razumjeti. 14Kao što neki i razumjeste da smo vam slava kao i vi nama za dan Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista. 15I u ovom pouzdanju šæadijah da vam doðem prije, da drugu blagodat imate; 16I kroz vas da doðem u Maæedoniju, i opet iz Maæedonije da doðem k vama, i vi da me pratite u Judeju. 17Ali kad sam ovo htio, eda li sam dakle što nepostojano èinio? Ili što se nakanjujem, da se po tijelu nakanjujem, da bude u mene da da, a ne ne? 18Ali je Bog vjeran, te rijeè naša k vama ne bi da i ne. 19Jer sin Božij Isus Hristos, kojega mi vama propovijedasmo ja i Silvan i Timotije, ne bi da i ne, nego u njemu bi da. 20Jer koliko je obeæanja Božijeh, u njemu su da, i u njemu amin, Bogu na slavu kroz nas.

Matthew 22.23-33 (Gospel)

23Taj dan pristupiše k njemu sadukeji koji govore da nema vaskrsenija, i upitaše ga 24Govoreæi: uèitelju! Mojsije reèe: ako ko umre bez djece, da uzme brat njegov ženu njegovu i da podigne sjeme bratu svojemu. 25U nas bješe sedam braæe; i prvi oženivši se umrije, i ne imavši poroda ostavi ženu svoju bratu svojemu. 26A tako i drugi, i treæi, tja do sedmoga. 27A poslije sviju umrije i žena. 28O vaskrseniju dakle koga æe od sedmorice biti žena? jer je za svima bila. 29A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe im: varate se, ne znajuæi pisma ni sile Božije. 30Jer o vaskrseniju niti æe se ženiti ni udavati; nego su kao anðeli Božiji na nebu. 31A za vaskrsenije mrtvijeh nijeste li èitali što vam je rekao Bog govoreæi: 32Ja sam Bog Avraamov, i Bog Isakov, i Bog Jakovljev? Nije Bog Bog mrtvijeh, nego živijeh. 33I èuvši narod divljaše se nauci njegovoj.

Commemorations

Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250)

He was born in Cilicia to a pious family. He left all worldly things and devoted his life to preaching the Gospel of Christ, for which he was arrested in Ancyra by the governor Sacerdos. When he was commanded to worship the idols or suffer torture, Callinicus replied, ‘Every torture for my God is as welcome to me as bread to a hungry man.’ After harsh torture, the governor had him shod in shoes in which nails had been set pointing upright, and had him driven on foot to the town of Gangra. (The governor was afraid to keep him in Ancyra, since many of the people were turning to Christ through the Saint’s example.) On the way, when the soldiers became thirsty, Callinicus prayed to God and brought forth water from a rock. At Gangra he was thrown alive into a furnace. When the fire was out, his dead body was found completely unharmed.

Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

She was a maiden from Antioch who lived (perhaps as a slave) in the house of Sabina, wife of a Senator. When Seraphima brought the senator’s wife to faith in Christ, the governor summoned Seraphima before him. When she held firm in her faith, he cast her into prison and send several young men to her cell by night to defile her. When they arrived, she was praying to God, and an angel of the Lord appeared before them, clothed in light and bearing a sword; and the young men fell down unconscious. Finally, Seraphima received her martyr’s crown when she was beheaded by the governor’s order. Sabina, the senator’s wife, recovered and buried her body, from which a healing myrrh flowed. This was during the reign of Hadrian.