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Virgin-martyr Glyceria and her jailer Martyr Laodicius, at Heraclea (138).
Martyr Alexander of Rome (ca. 284-305). St. Pausicacius, bishop of Synnada (ca. 606). Sts. George the Confessor, his wife Irene and children, of Constantinople (ca. 842). St. Euthymius the New (1028), founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Mt. Athos: his father John (998), his cousin George (1065), and Gabriel (10th c.). Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522). Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev, archimandrite, of Obruch and Pinsk (1688). St. Macarius, abbot, of Glushitsa Monastery (Vologda) (1480).
New Hieromartyrs Basil Sokolov, Christopher Nadezhdin, and Alexander Zaozersky, archpriests, and Macarius (Telegin), hieromonk, and Martyr Sergius Tikhomirov, of Moscow (1922). Synaxis of the 103 New Martyrs of Cherkassy (20th c.).
St. Servatius, first bishop of Maastricht (384). St. Euthymius, patriarch of Jerusalem (1084). Commemoration of the monks of Iveron Monastery martyred by the Latins in the 13th century. St. Euphrosynus of Iveron (18th c.). St. Nicephorus, priest, of the monastery of Ephapsios.
Repose of Ryassaphore-monk John of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863) and Eldress Sepfora of Klykovo (1997).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. [Acts 11:19–26, 29–30; John 4:5–42]
The Samaritan’s woman fellow citizens said to her after two days with the Saviour in their midst, Now we believe not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world (John 4:42). It happens this way with everyone. At first they are called to the Lord by an external word, or as for many now, simply by birth. But when they taste in practice what it is to live in the Lord, they no longer cleave to the Lord through their external affiliation with Christian society, but through their inner union with Him. It is necessary for all who are born in Christian societies to make this a law for themselves; that is, to not limit themselves to mere external affiliation with the Lord, but to seek to unite with Him inwardly, that they may always bear witness within themselves that they are standing in the truth. Why is this necessary? It is necessary to embody within oneself the truth of Christ. The truth of Christ is a restoration of what is fallen. Thus, put off the old man, which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts, and put on the new man, which is created after God in righteousness and true holiness (cf. Eph. 4:22–24), and you will know within yourself that the Lord Jesus Christ is in truth the Saviour—not only for the world, but also for you.
Articles
 Martyr Alexander of RomeThe Holy Martyr Alexander suffered for Christ at the beginning of the fourth century. |
 St. Pausicacus the Bishop of SynnadaSaint Pausicacus, Bishop of Synnada, lived at the end of the sixth century in the Syrian city of Apamea. |
 St. George the Confessor, with his wife and children of ConstantinopleThe Holy Confessor George suffered for the veneration of holy icons at Constantinople in the first half of the ninth century. |
 Righteous Virgin Glyceria of NovgorodRighteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod, was the daughter of Panteleimon, a starosta of Legoscha Street in Novgorod. |
 Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and PereyaslavlThe Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev lived in the seventeenth century. This was a most terrible time for Orthodox Christians in western Rus. |
