August 24, 2019. + Orthodox Calendar

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August 24

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September 6

12th Week after Pentecost. Tone 2.
Fast Day.

Wine and oil allowed.

Hieromartyr Eutychius, disciple of St. John the Theologian (1st c.). Translation of the relics of St. Peter, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1479).

Martyr Tation, at Claudiopolis (305). Virgin- martyr Kyra of Persia (558). St. George Limniotes the Confessor, of Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (ca. 716). New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equalto- the-Apostles (1779). St. Arsenius, founder of Komel Monastery (Vologda) (1550). New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, priest, of Lemkovina, Poland (1914). St. Aristocleus, elder, of Moscow and Mt. Athos (1918). St. Martyrius, archbishop of Novgorod (1199). Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos to St. Sergius of Radonezh (ca. 1385).

New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Shakhmut), archimandrite, of Grodno (Belorussia) (1946).

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Petrovskaya” (“Of St. Peter of Moscow”) (ca. 1306).

St. Ouen (Adouen), archbishop of Rouen (Gaul) (ca. 683). Hieromartyr Athanasius II, patriarch of Jerusalem (1244). Translation of the relics of St. Dionysius of Zakynthos, archbishop of Aegina (1716). St. Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot, of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at Gareji, Georgia (1774).

Articles

The Life and Labors of St. Cosmas of Aetolia. Part 1

Athanasios Zoetakis

Cosmas was a true Christian—he could not be concerned with his own salvation alone; his pain for his countrymen and love of neighbor caused him to dedicate himself to the service of enlightenment, which would later become the very meaning of life for him.

Life and Labors of St. Cosmas of Aetolia. Part 2

Athanasios Zoetakis

The contribution of St. Cosmas of Aetolia to the spiritual and national renaissance of the Balkans was not only in his own sermons, which covered practically every level of the population, but also in the foundation of a large number of free schools. "He founded schools everywhere through his teaching," writes St. Nikodimos the Hagiorite.

Selected Passages from the Teachings of Saint Kosmas of Aetolia

St. Kosmas of Aetolia

God, the all-good and most merciful, my brethren, is one, and whoever says that there are many Gods is a devil. He is triune: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; yet one nature, one glory, one kingdom, one God. He is all light, all joy, all compassion, all love.

Martyr of Carpatho-Rus—The Holy New Martyr Maxim Sandovich

Fr. Edward Pehanich

As he was being led from his cell Fr. Maxim realized where they were taking him and humbly and with dignity asked, "Be so good as not to hold me. I will go peacefully wherever you wish." There they ripped his priestly cross from his chest and threw it to the dirt, marking an “X” with chalk over his heart for a target.