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Afterfeast of the Theophany. St. Gregory of Nyssa (395). St. Dometian, bishop of Melitene (601). St. Marcian, priest, of Constantinople (5th c.). 
St. Paul, founder of Obnora Monastery (Vologda) (1429). 
St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov (1894). St. Antipas of Calapodeshti (Romania) and Valaam Monastery (1882).
Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess, sister of Sts. Macrina, Basil the Great, Peter of Sebaste, and Gregory of Nyssa (385). St. Macarius, founder of Pisma Monastery (Kostroma) (14th c.). Monk-martyr Ephraim, elder of Obnora, and six monks of Obnora whose relics are incorrupt (1538).
New Hieromartyrs Peter Uspensky, archpriest of Radushino (Zaraisk) (1930), and Anatole (Grisyuk), metropolitan of Odessa and Cherson (1938). New Martyr Arsenia (Dobronravova), abbess of the Holy Resurrection–St. Theodore Convent (Shuisk) (1939).
St. Ammon, monk, of Nitria (5th c.).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday. [James 1:19-27; Mark 10:17-27]
Someone turned to the Lord with a question: Good Master, what shall I do that[mc1] I may inherit eternal life? What necessitated this question? Were there no scriptures? Was the law not read every Saturday for everyone? There was everything—both Scripture and its interpreters; but in society difference of opinion went around and muddled everyone. The Pharisees said one thing, the Sadducees another, the Essenes, their own thing, the Samaritans their own. In Galilee, perhaps even pagan teachings were heard, and each put forth their own with a tone of conviction. Anyone who was zealous for salvation naturally came to the question: What should I do? What should I follow, that my soul not be destroyed? Our situation now is very similar those times. What teachings are not going around our schools, in society, and in literature! For the indifferent it is nothing; but they for whom every teaching is not the same cannot but seek an answer to the question, “What should I do?” So what is the solution? The one the Saviour gave: Believe and live as God commanded, and do not listen to people’s talk; let them talk. The talk of scientists is like rumours and fashion: today they say one thing, tomorrow another. But you should heed only God’s word, which abides unto the ages. What the Lord commanded no philosophizing can revoke. Everything must be done, and cannot be put off. The judgment indeed will be according to the word of the Lord, and not according to our philosophizing.
Articles
 St. Gregory the Bishop of NyssaSaint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, was a younger brother of Saint Basil the Great. His birth and upbringing came at a time when the Arian disputes were at their height. |
 St. Dometian the Bishop of MeliteneSaint Dometian, Bishop of Melitene, was born and lived during the sixth century, in the time of the emperor Justin the Younger. |
 St. Marcian the Presbyter in ConstantinopleSaint Marcian, Presbyter of the Great Church, was born at Rome and in his youth he received a first-rate education in Constantinople. |
 Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, VologdaSaint Paul of Obnora, a famed disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, was born at Moscow in the year 1317. |
 Venerable Antipas of Valaam MonasterySaint Antipas was born in Moldavia, Romania in 1816. |
 Venerable Macarius the Abbot of PismaSaint Macarius of Pisma and Kostroma was a fellow ascetic of Saint Paul of Obnora. |