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Afterfeast of the Dormition. 
Translation of the Image Not-Made-by-Hands of Our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944). Martyr Diomedes the Physician, of Tarsus in Cilicia (298). 33 Martyrs of Palestine.
St. Chaeremon of Egypt (4th c.). New Martyrs King Constantine Brancoveanu of Wallachia and his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, and Matthew, and his counsellor Ioannicius (1714).
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos of St. Theodore (“Feodorovskaya”) of Kostroma (1239), and of Port Arthur (1904).
St. Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, Georgia (6th c.). St. Joachim, monk, of Osogovo and Sarandapor (1105). St. Eustathius II, archbishop of Serbia (1309). St. Nilus of Erikoussa (ca. 1335). St. Romanus the Sinaite, of Djunisa, Serbia (14th c.). Monk-martyr Christopher of Guria (Georgia), at Damascus (15th c.). New Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora (1551). St. Gerasimus the New, ascetic of Cephalonia (Mt. Athos) (1579). St. Raphael of Banat, Serbia (ca. 1590). St. Timothy of Euripos, archbishop, founder of the Pendeli Monastery (1590). New Martyr Stamatius of Demetrias, near Volos, at Constantinople (1680). New Great-martyr Apostolus of the town of St. Lawrence, martyred at Constantinople (1686). Translation of the relics of Martyrs Seraphim, Dorotheus, James, Demetrius, Basil, and Sarantis, of Megaris (1798). St. Joseph of Varatec Monastery (Romania) (1828).
Repose of Matrona (Popova), in monasticism Maria, disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk (1851).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday. [II Cor. 4:1-6; Matt. 24:13-28]
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. However, not everyone who endures will be saved, but only he who endures on the Lord’s path. This life is given to us for that reason—to endure; everyone endures something, even through to the very end. But enduring does not lead to benefit if it is not for the sake of the Lord and His holy Gospels. Step onto the path of faith and the Gospel commandments; occasions to endure will multiply, but from that moment endurance will begin to bring forth crowns. That endurance, which before was empty, will be made fruitful. With what blindness does the enemy surround us, that only the endurance which is encountered on the path of good seems heavy and unbearable; but what he inflicts on those who serve the passions seems light and free, although it is actually heavier and more dismal than what people bear in struggling with the passions and opposing the enemy! But we are blind, and do not see this… We labour, endure, and strain ourselves to the breaking point for the sake of the enemy, and unto our own perdition.
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