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30Ali vas molim, braæo, zaradi Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista, i zaradi ljubavi Duha, pomozite mi u molitvama za me k Bogu; 31Da se izbavim od onijeh koji se protive u Judeji, i da služba moja za Jerusalim bude po volji svetima; 32Da s radošæu doðem k vama, s voljom Božijom, i da se razveselim s vama. 33A Bog mira sa svima vama. Amin.
24A kad doðoše u Kapernaum, pristupiše k Petru oni što kupe didrahme, i rekoše: zar vaš uèitelj neæe dati didrahme? 25Petar reèe: hoæe. I kad uðe u kuæu, preteèe ga Isus govoreæi: šta misliš Simone? Carevi zemaljski od koga uzimaju poreze i haraèe, ili od svojijeh sinova ili od tuðijeh? 26Reèe njemu Petar: od tuðijeh. Reèe mu Isus: dakle ne plaæaju sinovi. 27Ali da ih ne sablaznimo, idi na more, i baci udicu, i koju prvu uhvatiš ribu, uzmi je; i kad joj otvoriš usta naæi æeš statir; uzmi ga te im podaj za me i za se.
1U taj èas pristupiše uèenici k Isusu govoreæi: ko je dakle najveæi u carstvu nebeskome? 2I dozva Isus dijete, i postavi ga meðu njih, 3I reèe im: zaista vam kažem, ako se ne povratite i ne budete kao djeca, neæete uæi u carstvo nebesko. 4Koji se dakle ponizi kao dijete ovo, onaj je najveæi u carstvu nebeskome.
St Silas was a companion and fellow-worker of the Apostle Paul (see Acts 15). He became Bishop of Corinth and reposed in peace. St Silvanus became Bishop of Thessalonica and reposed in peace. St Crescens, mentioned by St Paul in 2 Timothy 4:10, became Bishop of Chalcedon. St Epenetus, praised by St Paul in Romans 16:5 as “my well-beloved Epenetus, the first-fruits of Achaia” (that is the first Christian from the Greek land) became Bishop of Carthage. St Andronicus and his fellow-worker Junia are also commemorated May 17.
“When the Emperor Decius conquered Babylon, he arrested Polychronius, together with three priests, two deacons and two baptised princes, Eudin and Senis. Polychronius would make no reply before the Emperor, but kept silent, while St Parmenius, one of the priests, spoke for them all. The Emperor took the bishop and priests to Persia, to the city of Kordoba, and had them beheaded with an axe, but he took the princes with him to Rome, threw them first to the wild beasts and then had them slain with the sword. They all suffered with honour in 251.” (Prologue)
She was the daughter of Scanderbeg, Albania’s national hero. She married Stefan, Prince of Serbia, a kinsman of Scanderbeg who sought refuge in his court. Stefan, a gentle, God-fearing man, had been blinded by the Turkish Sultan. Princess Angelina, loving him despite his loss of his vision and his worldly kingdom, married him with her father’s blessing. Together they had two sons, George and John. When their sons were grown, Albania was ravaged by an invasion of the Turks. Stefan, with Angelina and their sons, fled to Italy, where they lived until his repose in 1468. The widowed Angelina buried her husband in his Serbian homeland and devoted her remaining years to good works. Her elder son George gave up his princely title and entered monastic life. John married but died without children in 1503. When Angelina had outlived her two sons as well as her husband she too entered monastic life. She was buried with her sons at Krušedol monastery in northern Serbia. There her miracle-working relics are venerated to this day, and a service is held each year in her memory. She, her husband and her two sons are all glorified as saints of the Church.