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7th Week after Pentecost. Tone 5.
No fast.

Совершается служба с полиелеемThe Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord at Moscow (1625) (1625). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHoly 45 Martyrs at Nicopolis in Armenia, including Leontius, Maurice, Daniel, Anthony, Alexander, Anicetus, Sisinius, Meneus, Verelad, and Timothy (ca. 319). Совершается служба с полиелеемSt. Anthony of the Kiev Caves, founder of monasticism in Russia (1073).

Martyr Apollonius of Sardis (3rd c.). Martyrs Bianor and Silvanus, of Pisidia (4th c.). 10,000 Fathers of the desert and caves of Scetis martyred by the impious Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria (ca. 398). St. Silouan of the Far Caves in Kiev (13th c.-14th c.). Sts. Eumenius (1920) and Parthenius (1905), restorers of Koudouma Monastery on Crete.

New Hieromartyr Basil Pobedonostsev, archpriest, of Kamensky Zavod (Perm) (1918).

Konevits” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

New Hieromartyr Joseph, archpriest, of Damascus, and companions (1860). Synaxis of the Saints of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos. St. Gregory, bishop of Assos, near Ephesus (1150).

Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse

St. Theophan the Recluse

Thursday. [I Cor. 7:24-35; Matt. 15:12-21]

   Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts. From whence in the heart? Their root lies in sin which lives within us, and their branching out, multiplying and particular appearance in each person come from that person’s own will. What should one do? First, cut off all that comes from your will. This will be like someone tearing off leaves from a tree, cutting off branches and twigs, and chopping the trunk almost to its roots. Then, do not allow new sprouts to come up, and the root itself will dry up; that is, do not allow evil thoughts to proceed from your heart, and repel and drive off those that do, and the sin which lives in us, not receiving sustenance, will slacken and completely grow weak. In this lies the essence of the commandment: be sober, be vigilant (1 Peter 5:8). Take heed unto thyself (1 Tim. 4:6). Gird up the loins of thy mind 1 Peter 1:13.” Together with attentiveness one must have discernment. From the heart not only bad things proceed, but also good things; yet, one should not fulfil every good thing suggested by the heart. What one should truly fulfil is determined by discernment. Discernment is a gardener’s knife; some branches it cuts off, while others it grafts in.

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