The Prologue from Ochrid, Faithfully in English
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“It seems to me that I see this blessed virgin offering to the Lord with one hand virginity and with the other hand martyrdom.”— St. Nikolai
Today's Prologue
Five meditations for every day of the year — a saint's life, a hymn, a reflection, a contemplation, and a homily.
Lives of the Saints
HOLY PROTOMARTYR THEKLA, EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES
Listening to Paul for three days and three nights, Thekla was wholly converted to the faith of Christ and vowed to live in virginity. Saint John Chrysostom says of her: 'It seems to me that I see this blessed virgin offering to the Lord with one hand virginity and with the other hand martyrdom.'
Hymn of Praise
Holy Thekla, equal to the Apostles, Protomartyr among the virgins, Had subdued the body to the spirit, And spirit and body to Christ Almighty.
Prologue from Ochrid · Prologue from Ochrid ·
St. Nikolai Velimirović · Bishop of Ochrid and Žiča · St. Nikolai Velimirović
Reflection
“Every saint is near the place where he is invoked for help or where his holiness is celebrated and glorified. Those who are clairvoyant see them; those who are not, let them believe, and they shall see them in their own time.”
Homily
The Holy Spirit is equal in power to the Father and the Son, and all that the Father can do, the Son can do also, and the Holy Spirit can do also.
— St. Nikolai Velimirović
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From today’s Lives of the Saints
“It seems to me that I see this blessed virgin offering to the Lord with one hand virginity and with the other hand martyrdom.”