Ephesians 1.22-2.3 (Epistle)

22I sve pokori pod noge njegove, i njega dade za glavu crkvi, nad svima, 23Koja je tijelo njegovo, punina onoga koji sve ispunjava u svemu.

1I vas koji bijaste mrtvi za prestupljenja i grijehe svoje, 2U kojima nekad hodiste po vijeku ovoga svijeta, po knezu koji vlada u vjetru, po duhu koji sad radi u sinovima protivljenja; 3U kojima i mi svi življesmo negda po željama tijela svojega, èineæi volju tijela i pomisli, i bijasmo roðena djeca gnjeva, kao i ostali;

Philippians 2.5-11 (Epistle, Theotokos)

5Jer ovo da se misli meðu vama što je i u Hristu Isusu, 6Koji, ako je i bio u oblièju Božijemu, nije se otimao da se isporedi s Bogom; 7Nego je ponizio sam sebe uzevši oblièje sluge, postavši kao i drugi ljudi i na oèi naðe se kao èovjek, 8Ponizio sam sebe postavši poslušan do same smrti, a smrti krstove. 9Zato i Bog njega povisi, i darova mu ime koje je veæe od svakoga imena. 10Da se u ime Isusovo pokloni svako koljeno onijeh koji su na nebu i na zemlji i pod zemljom; 11I svaki jezik da prizna da je Gospod Isus Hristos na slavu Boga oca.

Mark 10.46-52 (Gospel)

46I doðoše u Jerihon. I kad izlažaše iz Jerihona, on i uèenici njegovi i narod mnogi, sin Timejev Vartimej slijepi sjeðaše kraj puta i prošaše. 47I èuvši da je to Isus Nazareæanin stade vikati i govoriti: sine Davidov Isuse! pomiluj me! 48I prijeæahu mu mnogi da uæuti, a on još veæma vikaše: sine Davidov! pomiluj me! 49I stavši Isus reèe da ga zovnu. I zovnuše slijepca govoreæi mu: ne boj se; ustani, zove te. 50A on zbacivši sa sebe haljine svoje ustade, i doðe k Isusu. 51I odgovarajuæi reèe mu Isus: šta æeš da ti uèinim? A slijepi reèe mu: Ravuni! da progledam. 52A Isus reèe mu: idi, vjera tvoja pomože ti. I odmah progleda, i otide putem za Isusom.

Luke 10.38-42, 11.27-28 (Gospel, Theotokos)

38A kad iðahu putem i on uðe u jedno selo, a žena neka, po imenu Marta, primi ga u svoju kuæu. 39I u nje bješe sestra, po imenu Marija, koja i sjede kod nogu Isusovijeh i slušaše besjedu njegovu. 40A Marta se bješe zabunila kako æe ga doèekati, i prikuèivši se reèe: Gospode! zar ti ne mariš što me sestra moja ostavi samu da služim? reci joj dakle da mi pomože. 41A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe joj: Marta! Marta! brineš se i trudiš za mnogo, 42A samo je jedno potrebno. Ali je Marija dobri dijel izabrala, koji se neæe uzeti od nje. 27A kad to govoraše, podiže glas jedna žena iz naroda i reèe mu: blago utrobi koja te je nosila, i sisama koje si sao! 28A on reèe: blago i onima koji slušaju rijeè Božiju, i drže je.

Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop of Italy (313)

He fled from Italy to Bithynia during Diocletian’s persecutions. In Bithynia he converted so many pagans to faith in Christ that those whose hearts remained hard rose up against him and, while he was celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Archangel Michael, slew him at the altar, killing many other worshipers with him. Two hundred years after his death, he appeared to a soldier named John, who unearthed his relics and found them to be completely incorrupt.

Our Holy Father Athanasius the Elder of Vysotsk (early 15th c.), and his disciple Athanasius the Younger (1395)

He was reared in piety by his father, a priest in Novgorod. One day, hearing the words of the Gospel, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me, he renounced the world and entered the Monastery of St Sergius of Radonezh. He became St Sergius’ disciple and, after a few years, became known for his virtue and his knowledge of Scripture. In 1374, with the blessing of his spiritual father, he founded the Monastery of Vysotsk, becoming its first abbot. After heading the monastery for fourteen years, he traveled to Kiev and then, in 1401, to the Monastery of the Stoudion in Constantinople. There he devoted himself to translating books from Greek to Slavonic, sending his translations back to his monastery in Russia. It was he who translated the Jerusalem Typikon and several collections of the writings of the Fathers of the Church, immeasurably enriching the life of the Church in Russia. He reposed in peace in Constantinople.

His disciple Athanasius the Younger was made Abbot of Vysotsk on the elder’s departure for Constantinople, and served as Abbot for eight years, reposing in peace in 1395. He was called ‘perfect in fasting, strong in self-restraint, zealous in prayer, patient in privations and tribulations.’ The Synaxarion says that “He taught his monks to keep careful watch on every movement of the heart so as to drive away every thought displeasing to God.”