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September 16
15th Week after Pentecost. Tone 5.
Fast Day.
Wine and oil allowed.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHieromartyrs Anthimus, bishop of Nicomedia, and Theophilus, deacon, and Martyrs Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter, Indes, Gorgonius, Zeno, Domna (virgin), and Euthymius (302). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Theoctistus of Palestine, fellow-faster with St. Euthymius the Great (467). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомBlessed John “the Hairy,” fool-for-Christ, of Rostov (1580).

St. Phoebe, deaconess, at Cenchreae, near Corinth (1st c.). Hieromartyr Aristion (Kelladion), bishop of Alexandria (ca. 167). Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia (309). St. Ioannicius II, first patriarch of Serbia (1354).

New Hieromartyrs Pimen (Belolikov), bishop of Vernensk, and Meletius (Golokolosv), hieromonk of the Issyk-Kul Holy Trinity Monastery (Kyrgyzstan) (1918).

St. Constantine the New, emperor of Byzantium (641). St. Aigulphus of Provence (Gaul) (676). St. Remaclus, bishop of Maastricht (677). St. Edward, martyr and king of England (978). New Martyr Polydorus of Leucosia (Cyprus), at New Ephesus (1794).

Repose of Priest Peter, fool-for-Christ, of Uglich (1866).

Articles

Venerable Theoctistus

Saint Theoctistus of Palestine was a great ascetic who lived in the Judean wilderness in the Wadi Mukellik.

Blessed John “the Hairy” and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov

Blessed John the Merciful of Rostov (also known as “the Hairy”) struggled at Rostov in the exploit of holy foolishness, enduring much deprivation and sorrow.

St. Phoebe the Deaconess at Cenchreae near Corinth

Saint Phoebe the Deaconess is mentioned by the holy Apostle Paul.

Martyr Aristion the Bishop of Alexandria

Saint Aristion was the bishop of lesser Alexandria in Cilicia (Asia Minor). He was born in the small town of Aribazo in the eparchy of Apamea, Syria at the beginning of the second century.

Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia

The Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia suffered for her faith in Christ under the emperor Diocletian.

Saint Edward the Martyr, King of England

Dmitry Lapa

St. Edward ascended the English throne in 975 at the age of only thirteen (or sixteen) after the sudden death of his father St. Edgar aged only thirty-two.
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