The Prologue from Ochrid, Faithfully in English
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“Which of the so-called benefactors of mankind ever attempted to do some good for the dead? Never and no one!”— 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
VENERABLE TITUS THE WONDERWORKER
Amphianus came fearlessly into the pagan temple, seized the governor by the hand with which he held the sacrifice, and cried out to him to cease from the service and sacrifice to dead idols and to acknowledge the true God.
Hymn of Praise
Two brothers gave themselves to God as sacrifice, Despising the decaying world, a lifeless corpse, Amphianus and Edesius, brothers of one womb, In torments wondrous brothers, to Christ alike in doom.
Prologue from Ochrid · Prologue from Ochrid ·
St. Nikolai Velimirović · Bishop of Ochrid and Žiča · St. Nikolai Velimirović
Reflection
“It is better to be ignorant and draw near to God through love, than to be learned and at the same time an enemy of God.”
Homily
Caring for the dead, and doing good for the dead, has ceased to be laughable since the revelation of the Lord Jesus, Who revealed that God is the God of the living.
— St. Nikolai Velimirović
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From today’s Homily
“Which of the so-called benefactors of mankind ever attempted to do some good for the dead? Never and no one!”