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Martyr Basiliscus the Soldier, of Comana (308). St. John Vladimir, martyr and ruler of Serbia, whose relics are at Elbasan (1015). Blessed James of Borovichi (Novgorod) (ca. 1540).
Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).
New Hieromartyr Maxim (Zhizhilenko), bishop of Serpukhov (1931).
Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem (ca. 2000 b.c.). Hieromartyrs Donatus, bishop of Thmuis, the priest Macarius, and the deacon Theodore (ca. 316). New Hieromartyr Zachariah, priest of Prusa (1802). New Monk-martyr Paul of Mt. Athos, at Tripolis, the Peloponnese (1818). Martyr Sophia the Healer.
Repose of Eldress Macrina of Volos (1995).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Sunday of Holy Pentacost. [Acts 2:1–11; John 7:37–52; 8:12]
The economy of our salvation is accomplished! The operation of all the Persons of the Most Holy Trinity have now come into effect to accomplish it. What God the Father has willed, the Son of God fulfilled in Himself, and the Holy Spirit has now descended in order to impart it to the faithful. For our salvation is according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ (I Pet. 1:2). For this sake we are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, obliged, to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you (Matt. 28:19–20). Those who do not confess the Most Holy Trinity cannot participate in the saving action of Its Persons and thus receive salvation. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, the Trinity one in essence and undivided, granting us confession of Itself! “O Father Almighty, and Word, and Spirit, one nature united in three Persons, transcendent and extremely divine! Into Thee have we been baptized, and Thee shall we bless throughout all ages.”
Articles
 Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus of Amasea, and Basiliscus of ComanaThe Holy Martyrs Cleonicus, Eutropius and Basiliscus suffered in the city of Pontine Amasea (Asia Minor) in about the year 308. |
 St. John-Vladimir the Prince of Bulgaria, the Greatmartyr and Miracle-workerThe Holy Martyr John-Vladimir, a Serbian prince, was born in the tenth century. |