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32nd Week after Pentecost. Tone 6.
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Совершается служба на шестьSt. Paul of Thebes, Egypt (341). Совершается служба на шестьSt. John Calabytes (“Hut-dweller”) of Constantinople, monks (5th c.).

Monk-martyr Pansophius of Alexandria (249-251). St. Prochorus, abbot, in the Vranski Desert on the river Pchinja in Bulgaria (10th c.). St. Gabriel, founder of Lesnovo Monastery, Serbia-Bulgaria (11th c.). St. Nectarius, archbishop of Tobolsk (1667).

St. Maximus, bishop of Nola (ca. 250). St. Salome of Udjarma, and St. Perozhavra of Sivnia, Georgia (4th c.). St. Ita of Killeedy, hermitess (570). St. Maurus, disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia (584).

Articles

Venerable Paul of Thebes

Settling into a mountain cave, Saint Paul dwelt there for ninety-one years, praying incessantly to God both day and night.

Venerable John Calabytes “the Hut-Dweller”

Saint John the Hut-Dweller was the son of rich and illustrious parents, and was born in Constantinople in the early fifth century. He received a fine education, and he mastered rhetoric and philosophy by the age of twelve.

St. Prochorus the Abbot in the Vranski Desert on the river Pshina in Bulgaria

Saint Prochorus of Pshina pursued asceticism in the Bransk wilderness at the River Pshina, and he founded a monastery there.

Venerable Gabriel, Founder of Lesnov Monastery in Bulgaria

Saint Gabriel, founder of the Lesnov monastery near the city of Kratov. Receiving a large inheritance after the death of his parents, he rejected marriage and became a monk on a mountain at Lesnov.

Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia

Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia were the helpers and closest companions of Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia.

Venerable Ita of Limerick, “Foster-mother of the Irish Saints”

Dmitry Lapa

Saint Ita is the second most popular Irish woman saint after St. Brigid. She is venerated in Ireland by Orthodox and Catholic believers to this day.
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