Orthodox Calendar

3. август 2028.
Thursday of the 9th week after Pentecost

No Fast

Commemorations

  • Our Righteous Fathers John and Symeon, the Fool for Christ's Sake (570)
  • Marcella, Virgin-Martyr of Chios (ca. 1500)
  • Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. BC)

Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 14.6-19 (Epistle)

6A sad, braæo, ako doðem k vama jezike govoreæi, kaku æu korist uèiniti ako vam ne govorim ili u otkrivenju, ili u razumu, ili u proroštvu, ili u nauci? 7Kao neke stvari bezdušne koje daju glas, bila svirala ili gusle, ako razlièna glasa ne daju, kako æe se razumjeti šta se svira ili gudi? 8Jer ako truba da nerazgovijetan glas, ko æe se pripraviti na boj? 9Tako i vi ako nerazumljivu rijeè reèete jezikom, kako æe se razumjeti šta govorite? Jer æete govoriti u vjetar. 10Ima na svijetu Bog zna koliko razliènijeh glasova, ali nijedan nije bez znaèenja. 11Ako dakle ne znam sile glasa, biæu nijemac onome kome govorim, i onaj koji govori biæe meni nijemac. 12Tako i vi, buduæi da se starate za duhovne darove, gledajte da budete onima bogati koji su na popravljanje crkve. 13Zato koji govori jezikom neka se moli Bogu da kazuje. 14Jer ako se jezikom molim Bogu, moj se duh moli, a um je moj bez ploda. 15Šta æe se dakle èiniti? Moliæu se Bogu duhom, a moliæu se i umom; hvaliæu Boga duhom, a hvaliæu i umom. 16Jer kad blagosloviš duhom kako æe onaj koji stoji mjesto prostaka reæi amin po tvome blagoslovu, kad ne zna šta govoriš? 17Ti dobro zahvaljuješ, ali se drugi ne popravlja. 18Hvala Bogu mojemu što govorim jezike veæma od sviju vas. 19Ali u crkvi volim pet rijeèi umom svojijem reæi, da se i drugi pomognu, negoli hiljadu rijeèi jezikom.

Matthew 20.17-28 (Gospel)

17I pošavši Isus u Jerusalim uze nasamo dvanaest uèenika na putu, i reèe im: 18Evo idemo u Jerusalim, i sin èovjeèij biæe predan glavarima sveštenièkijem i književnicima; i osudiæe ga na smrt; 19I predaæe ga neznabošcima da mu se rugaju i da ga biju i razapnu; i treæi dan ustaæe. 20Tada pristupi k njemu mati sinova Zevedejevijeh sa svojijem sinovima klanjajuæi mu se i moleæi ga za nešto. 21A on joj reèe: šta hoæeš? Reèe mu: zapovjedi da sjedu ova moja dva sina, jedan s desne strane tebi, a jedan s lijeve strane tebi, u carstvu tvojemu. 22A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe: ne znate šta ištete; možete li piti èašu koju æu ja piti, i krstiti se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim? Rekoše mu: možemo. 23I reèe im: èašu dakle moju ispiæete, i krstiæete se krštenjem kojijem se ja krstim; ali da sjedete s desne strane meni i s lijeve, ne mogu ja dati, nego kome je ugotovio otac moj. 24I kad èuše ostalijeh deset uèenika, rasrdiše se na ta dva brata. 25A Isus dozvavši ih reèe: znajte da knezovi narodni zapovijedaju narodu, i poglavari upravljaju njim. 26Ali meðu vama da ne bude tako; nego koji hoæe da bude veæi meðu vama, da vam služi. 27I koji hoæe meðu vama da bude prvi, da vam bude sluga. 28Kao što ni sin èovjeèij nije došao da mu služe, nego da služi i da dušu svoju u otkup da za mnoge.

Commemorations

Our Righteous Fathers John and Symeon, the Fool for Christ's Sake (570)

These two brothers in Christ were from Edessa in Mesopotamia. After a pilgrimage to Jerusalem they fled the world together; they were tonsured as monks, but soon left their monastery to struggle in prayer near the Dead Sea. Thus they passed thirty years in silence and asceticism. Symeon was then commanded by God to leave the desert and serve God among the world’s people. At their parting John said to him: ‘Keep your heart from all that you see in the world. Whatever there may be that touches your hand, let it not take hold of your heart. When food passes your lips, let not your heart be sweetened by it. If your feet have to move, let there be peace within you. Whatever you do outwardly, let your mind remain tranquil. Pray for me, that God may not part us from each other in the world to come.’ Symeon went to Emesa in Syria, where he spent the rest of his life, feigning madness in order to conceal his holiness from men. But he performed miracles of healing and appeared to people of the city in dreams, calling them to repentance. He was given the gift of discernment of others’ inward condition, and while dancing and raving through the streets would approach people, whisper their sins in their ears, and call them to repentance. He reposed peacefully in 590; John, who had remained in the desert, reposed soon afterward.

Marcella, Virgin-Martyr of Chios (ca. 1500)

Her mother died when she was very young, and she was brought up by her father. As she grew older, she grew in virtue and beauty. Her father conceived an illicit desire for her and made improper advances toward her, which troubled her so greatly that she fled her village and hid in the mountains. Her father pursued her, even wounding her with arrows in his effort to possess her. Finally she took refuge in a cloven rock. When her father found that he could not drag her from her refuge, he viciously dismembered her and threw her head into the sea. From the rock that had sheltered her a stream appeared, whose water had healing virtues. The holy Marcella is especially venerated on Chios to this day.

Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. BC)

He is commemorated today on the Slavic calendar. See July 23, his commemoration on the Greek calendar.