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Apostles Carpus of the Seventy and Alphaeus (1st c.). 
New Martyr George the New, of Kratovo (Sofia) (1515).
Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of Apostle Alphaeus (1st c.). St. John the Confessor, of Psycha on the Bosphorus (9th c.). Uncovering of the relics of St. Macarius, founder of Kalyazin Monastery (1521).
Tabynsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
St. Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605). New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, at Smyrna (1794). New Hieromartyrs Milan Banjac and Milan Golubovic, of Drvar, Serbia (1941-1945).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday. [Rom. 1:28–2:9; Matt. 5:27–32]
Whosoever looketh on a woman … hath committed adultery with her already (Matt. 5:28). Living in society, one cannot help looking at women. What to do? A man does not commit adultery simply by looking at a woman, but by looking at her with lust. Look if you must, but keep your heart on a leash. Look with the eyes of a child—purely, without any evil thoughts. One must love women as well, for they are not excluded from the commandment about love of neighbour—but with love that is pure, which bears the soul and spiritual aspect in mind. Just as there is neither male nor female before God in Christianity, so it is in the mutual relations of Christians. But this is very difficult, you will say. Yes, it does not happen without a struggle; but struggle presupposes a lack of desire for evil. The Lord counts as purity the unlustful desire of the merciful.
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 Apostle Carpus of the SeventyHe was bishop of Verria in Macedonia. |
