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Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомUncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople (395-423).

Martyrs Maurice, his son Photinus, Theodore, and Philip, with 70 soldiers, of Apamea (ca. 305). Sts. Thalassius and Limnaeus, hermits, near Cyrrhus (5th c.). St. Athanasius the Confessor, of Constantinople (826). St. Herman, founder of Stolobny Monastery (Novgorod) (1614).

New Hieromartyr Michael Lisitsyn, priest, of Ust-Labinskaya (1918). New Hieromartyrs Sergius (Bukashkin), hieromonk, of Novo-Alexandrovka (Moscow), Antipa (Kyrillov), hieromonk, of Tatarintsevo (Moscow) (1938); and Philaret (Pryakhin), abbot, of Trubino (Tver) (1942).

St. Abilius, bishop of Alexandria (98). St. Telesphorus, pope of Rome (127). St. Papius of Hierapolis (2nd c.). St. Titus, bishop of Bostra in Arabia (378). St. Baradates, hermit, near Antioch (469). Holy Nine Children of Kola, Georgia: Guarami, Adarnasi, Bakari, Vache, Bardzini, Dachi, Djuansheri, Ramazi, and Parsmani (6th c.). St. Leontius of Lycia (6th c.). Sts. Babylus and his wife Comnita, of Nicosa (7th c.). St. Peter the Stylite, of Mt. Athos.

Repose of Righteous Gregory (“Golden Grits”) Miroshnikov of Sednev (1855), Schemanun Avramia of Kashin (1855), and Blessed Theoktista Mikhailovna, fool-for-Christ, of Voronezh (1936).

Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse

St. Theophan the Recluse

Thursday. [Jude 1:11–25; Luke 23:1–34, 44–56]

Woe, proclaims the Holy Apostle Jude, to them who conduct themselves temptingly in society, who without fear fatten themselves at feasts, who foam out their own shame, walk after their own lusts, speak great swelling words and separate themselves from the unity of the faith. Woe! For behold, the Lord will come with ten thousands of His holy angels, to execute judgement upon all, and to expose all that are ungodly in all their ungodly deeds which their ungodliness has committed (cf. Jude 1:11–19).

Articles

Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople

When miracles of healing began to occur at this spot, the relics of the saints were discovered and transferred to a church with great honor.

Martyrs Maurice, his son Photinus, Theodore, and Philip, with 70 soldiers, of Apamea

Saint Maurice, a military commander of Syrian Apamea, suffered in the year 305 under the emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311) together with his son Photinus and seventy soldiers under his command (only two of the soldiers’ names are known, Theodore and Philip).

Venerable Thalassius Hermit of Syria

Saint Baradates the Syrian began to live as a desert-dweller in a hut near Antioch. He then built a stone cell upon a hill, so cramped and low that the ascetic could stand in it only in a stooped position.

Venerable Limnaeus Hermit of Syria

Saint Limnaeus began his efforts under the guidance of Saint Thalassius and dwelt with him for a sufficient time to acquire the virtues of his teacher: simplicity of manner, gentleness and humility.

St. Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople

From his childhood he dreamed of devoting himself entirely to God, and having reached maturity, he settled in one of the Nicomedia monasteries, called the Pavlopetrios (i.e., in the names of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul), and became a monk there.

Venerable Baradates, Hermit of Syria

Saint Baradates the Syrian began to live as a desert-dweller in a hut near Antioch. He then built a stone cell upon a hill, so cramped and low that the ascetic could stand in it only in a stooped position.

9 Martyred brothers of Kola

When their parents learned that they had been baptized in the Christian Faith, they dragged their children away from the church, abusing and beating them into submission all the way home.
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