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St. Sisoes the Great, of Egypt (429). Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.
Martyrs Marinus and Martha, their children Audifax and Abbacum (Habakkuk), and those with them at Rome: Cyrinus, the priest Valentine, and Asterius (269). St. Cointus (Quintus) of Phrygia, confessor and wonderworker (ca. 283). Hieromartyr Isaurus, deacon, and Martyrs Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, Peregrinus, Rufus, and Rufinus, of Apollonia in Macedonia (284). Virgin-martyr Lucy, Martyr Rixius, and those with them at Rome: Martyrs Anthony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Arnosus, Capicus, Satyrus, and others (301). St. Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Uncovering of the relics of St. Juliana, princess of Olshansk (16th c). St. Gleb Vsevolodovich, prince of Gorodno (ca. 1170). St. Barnabas, elder, of the Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1906).
New Hieromartyrs Euthymius (Lyubovichev), hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1931), and Theodore (Bogoyavlensky), hieromonk, of Vostryakovo (Moscow) (1943).
Hieromartyr Astius, bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (ca. 100). St. Monenna, foundress of Killeevy Monastery (Ireland) (ca. 518). St. Goar, hieromonk, hermit, and missionary along the Rhine (Germany) (649). New Monk-martyr Cyril of Hilandar, Mt. Athos, at Thessalonica (1566). Apostles of the Seventy Archippus, Philemon, and Onesimus (1st c.).
Repose of Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania (2011).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Sixth Sunday After Pentacost. [Rom. 12:6-14; Matt. 9:1-8]
The Lord forgives the sins of the man sick of the palsy. One should rejoice; but the evil mind of the learned scribes says: “This man blasphemeth.” Even after the miracle of the healing of the man sick of the palsy—a confirmation of the comforting truth that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins—the people glorified God; but nothing is said about the scribes, probably because they continued to weave their deceitful questions even after such a miracle. The mind without faith is a schemer; it constantly hammers out its evil suspicions and weaves blasphemy against the whole realm of faith. As for miracles—it either doesn’t believe in them, or it demands a tangible one. But when a miracle is given that would obligate one to submit to the faith, this mind is not ashamed to turn away from it, distorting or slandering the miraculous works of God. It treats irrefutable evidence of God’s truth in the same way. It is sufficiently and cogently presented with both experiential and intellectual proof, but it covers even this with doubt. Sort out all that it produces and you will see that in this there is only deceit, although its own language calls it cleverness, and you are unwillingly led to the conclusion that cleverness and deceit are one and the same. In the realm of faith the Apostle says, We have the mind of Christ. Whose mind is outside of the realm of faith? The evil one’s. That is why deceit has become its distinguishing characteristic.