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10th Week after Pentecost.
Tone 8.
Успенский пост. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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Apodosis of the Transfiguration. 
St. Maximus the Confessor (662) Uncovering of the relics of St. Maximus of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1547). 
St. Tikhon, bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783).
Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and 18 martyrs with him, including Martyrs Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius (258).
New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Zvezdinsky), bishop of Dmitrov (1937).
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “Of Minsk” (1500), “Of the Passion” (1641), “Of the Seven Arrows” (Vologda) (1830), and “The Softening of Evil Hearts.”
St. Eudocia the Empress, wife of Theodosius the Younger (460). St. Seridus, abbot, of Gaza (ca. 543). St. Radegunde of Poitiers, nun (587). St. Wigbert, abbot of Hersfeld and English missionary to Germany (ca. 747). Empress Irene, wife of Emperor John II Comnenus (1134). Abba Dorotheus of Gaza (ca. 560-580) (Gr. Cal).
Repose of Valaam Schemamonk Timothy of Mt. Athos (1848).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Friday. [II Cor. 1:12-20; Matt. 22:23-33]
The Lord said of the future life that people there do not marry and are not given in marriage—that is, our everyday earthly relationships will have no place there. It would follow that none of the norms of earthly life will either. Neither science, nor art, nor governments, nor anything else will exist. What will there be? God will be all in all. And since God is spirit, He unites with the spirit and acts on what is spiritual, all life there will be a continuous flow of spiritual movements. There can be only one conclusion drawn from this: since our goal is the future life, and what is here is only a preparation for it, then to spend all the time of one’s life only on what is appropriate in this life alone and has no relevance to the future life means to go against our purpose, and to prepare ourselves for a bitter, most bitter lot. We are not absolutely required to drop everything; but while working as much as is necessary for this life, we must direct our main concern toward preparation for the future life, trying wherever possible to turn even earthly menial labour into a means for achieving this goal.