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Вмц. Кетеван, царица Кахетинская (1624) Обновление храма Воскресения Христова в Иерусалиме Мученик Кронид Александрийский
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16th Week after Pentecost. Saturday before the Exaltation of the Cross. Tone 6.
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Совершается служба со славословиемCommemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (the Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem (335). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомForefeast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion (1st c.).

Martyrs Serapion, Cronides, and Leontius, of Alexandria (ca. 237). Martyr Straton of Nicomedia (3rd c.). Martyr Seleucus of Galatia (320). Martyrs Elias, Zoticus, Lucian, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian, at Tomis in Moesia (320). Great-martyr Ketevan, queen of Kakheti, Georgia (1624). St. Cornelius of Padan-Olonets, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir, and with him Sts. Dionysius and Misael (16th c).

St. Litorius, bishop of Tours (370). St. Eulogius I, patriarch of Alexandria (608). St. John of Prislop (Romania) (15th-16th c.). St. Hierotheus of Kalamata, monk of Iveron, Mt. Athos (1745).

Repose of Monk Dorotheus, last hermit of the Roslavl Forests (1866).

Articles

Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem

The Dedication of the Temple of the Resurrection of Christ at Jerusalem celebrates the dedication of the Church of the Resurrection, built by St Constantine the Great and his mother, the empress Helen.

Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion

Soon after the sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross and His Ascension into Heaven, a centurion by the name of Cornelius settled at Caesarea in Palestine. Although he was a pagan, he distinguished himself by deep piety and good deeds.

Holy Great-martyr Queen Ketevan (†1624)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Holy Queen Ketevan was the daughter of Ashotan Mukhran-Batoni, a prominent ruler from the Bagrationi royal family. The clever and pious Ketevan was married to Prince Davit, heir to the throne of Kakheti. Davit’s father, King Alexandre II (1574–1605), had two other sons, Giorgi and Constantine, but according to the law the throne belonged to Davit. Constantine was converted to Islam and raised in the court of the Persian shah Abbas I.

Greatmartyr Ketevan the Queen of Georgia

The holy Queen Ketevan was the daughter of Ashotan Mukhran-Batoni, a prominent ruler from the Bagrationi royal family.

The Fresco and Iveron Icon of Great Martyr Ketevan

Maria Saradzhishvili

It is hard to read about Great Martyr Ketevan’s tortures without shuddering. By her steadfastness and courage she inspired her spiritual father and servants to become confessors.

St John of Prislop

Saint John was a monk of the Prislop Monastery in southwestern Romania at the turn of the sixteenth century.

Venerable Hierotheus the Younger of Iveron of Mt Athos

Saint Hierotheus was born in 1686 in Greece. Desiring to comprehend Divine wisdom as it is in the sciences and also as it is in monastic life, the pious youth, displaying great ability and diligence, studied Latin and Greek philosophy.
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