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Apodosis of the Dormition. 
Martyr Lupus, slave of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica (306).
Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons (202). Sts. Eutychius (ca. 540) and Florentius (547) of Nursia. St. Callinicus, patriarch of Constantinople (705).
New Hieromartyrs Ephraim (Kuznetsov), bishop of Selenginsk, and John Vostorgov, archpriest, of Moscow, and Martyr Nicholas Varzhansky (1918).
Hieromartyr Pothinus, bishop of Lyons (ca. 177). Martyrs Severus, Memnon the Centurion, and 38 others, of Thrace (ca. 305). Ebba the Younger, abbess, of Coldingham, Northumbria, and her companions (870). St. Anthony, bishop of Sardis (10th c.). St. Nicholas the Sicilian, who struggled on Mt. Neotaka in Euboea (Gr. Cal).
Repose of Abbot Ioannicius (Moroi) of Sihastria, Romania (1944).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Monday. [II Cor. 5:10-15; Mark 1:9-15]
The Lord began His sermon thus: The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the Gospel. At the end of the ages it will also be said: the time is fulfilled, the kingdom is at hand; but this statement will not be followed by repent ye, and believe but “come out to the judgment.” The time for repentance and labours of self-improvement is ended; let everyone give an account of what good or evil things he did in his body. And so, while there is time, hurry to use this time unto your salvation. The Father’s embrace is open for the acceptance of all who come with a sincere feeling of contrition about the past, and with a desire to serve God henceforth by zealous fulfillment of His holy commandments. For each of us the end of this age is death: it is the door to the other life. Look into it more often and determine for yourself more truly: what then? And having determined this without pitying yourself, begin laboring to prepare what is not ready, to enter the place where joy is unending. Labor to push aside all that could give the servants of outer darkness the right to prevail over us and carry us away to their realm, from whence there will no longer be a way out.