The Prologue from Ochrid, Faithfully in English
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“Nothing is more fleeting than the triumph of malice, nor anything more enduring than the triumph of Truth.”— 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 JOSEPH THE HYMNOGRAPHER
At that very moment Saint Nicholas appeared to Joseph in prison and said to him: "Arise and follow me!" Joseph felt himself lifted into the air, and suddenly found himself before Constantinople.
Hymn of Praise
The handmaid of the Lord, the virgin Fervuta, Like an innocent lamb at slaughter was silent. She cried neither: Alas! nor uttered: Woe is me! But with joy received and endured the suffering.
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St. Nikolai Velimirović · Bishop of Ochrid and Žiča · St. Nikolai Velimirović
Reflection
“When Joseph reposed, Saint Theodore appeared and said: "Joseph the Hymnographer was departing with his soul from his body, and we were all with him; all of us whom he had glorified in song escorted his soul to the heavens."”
Homily
The Jews destroyed His body, and He restored it and raised it up in glory and power. The malicious punished God with destruction, and God rebuked the malicious with building.
— St. Nikolai Velimirović
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From today’s Homily
“Nothing is more fleeting than the triumph of malice, nor anything more enduring than the triumph of Truth.”