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3rd Week after Pentecost.
Tone 1.
Fast of the Holy Apostles. |
 Fish, wine and oil allowed.
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Martyrs Lucillian and those with him at Byzantium: four youths—Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, and Dionysius—and the virgin Paula (ca. 270-275).
Hieromartyrs Lucian, bishop, Maxianus, priest, and Julian, deacon and Martyrs Marcellinus and Saturninus, at Beauvais (Gaul) (ca. 81-96). Translation of the relics of the martyred Crown Prince Demetrius from Uglich to Moscow (1606).
New Hieromartyr Cyprian (Nelidov), hieromonk, of Moscow (1934).
St. Achilles, bishop of Alexandria (312). St. Hieria, widow, of Mesopotamia (312). Monk-martyr Barsabas, abbot, of Ishtar, and ten companions, in Persia (342). St. Clotilde (Chlotilda), queen of France (545). St. Kevin, hermit and abbot, of Glendalough (618). Monk-martyr Isaac of Cordoba (851). St. Athanasius the Wonderworker, hieromonk of Traiannou Monastery in Bithynia (ca. 933). New Hieromartyr Joseph, metropolitan of Thessalonica (1821).
Repose of Archimandrite Justin (Parvu) of Petru Voda Monastery (Romania) (2013).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Saturday. [Rom. 3:28-4:3; Matt. 7:24-8:4]
The present Gospel reading says that one who hears the sayings of the Lord and does them is like one who builds a house upon a rock; but one who hears them and does not do them is like one who builds a house upon the sand. Everyone should learn this by heart and repeat it often; the truth contained in it is graphically clear and anyone can understand it. Everyone has had many experiences of this. Take your thoughts, for example. While you are thinking about something, they are unstable and restless, but when you write them down, they become solid and fixed. The outcome of any project is unsure and its details can change many times before it is begun; yet any further cogitation ceases once you have set it in motion. In this manner, moral rules are alien to us when not fulfilled, they are outside of us and shaky. But when we fulfil them, they enter within, settle in the heart and form the basis of our character—good or evil. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise (Eph. 5:15).
Articles
 Hieromartyr Lucian the Bishop at Beauvais in FranceThe Hieromartyr Lucian lived in Rome, and his pagan name was Lucius. He was converted to Christ by the Apostle Peter, and was baptized. |
 Hieromartyr Maximian the Presbyter at Beauvais in FranceSaint Maximian the priest was one of the companions of Saint Lucian, and assisted him in proclaiming the Gospel in the West. |
 Martyr Julian the Deacon at Beauvais in FranceSaint Julian the deacon was one of the companions of Saint Lucian, and assisted him in proclaiming the Gospel in the West. |
 Martyr Marcellinus at Beauvais in FranceSaint Marcellinus was one of the companions of Saint Lucian, and assisted him in proclaiming the Gospel in the West. |
 Hieromartyr Saturninus at Beauvais in FranceSaint Saturninus was one of the companions of Saint Lucian, and assisted him in proclaiming the Gospel in the West. |
 Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of MoscowThe Tsarevich Saint Demetrius, murdered on May 15, 1591, was glorified in the year 1606. |
 Venerable Kevin of Glendalough, WonderworkerDmitry LapaSt. Kevin is one of the greatest saints of Ireland and founder of the famous and important Glendalough Monastery. |