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4th Week after Pascha.
Tone 3.
Fast Day. |
 Fish, wine and oil allowed.
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Virgin-martyr Glyceria and her jailer Martyr Laodicius, at Heraclea (138).
Martyr Alexander of Rome (ca. 284-305). St. Pausicacius, bishop of Synnada (ca. 606). Sts. George the Confessor, his wife Irene and children, of Constantinople (ca. 842). St. Euthymius the New (1028), founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Mt. Athos: his father John (998), his cousin George (1065), and Gabriel (10th c.). Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522). Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev, archimandrite, of Obruch and Pinsk (1688). St. Macarius, abbot, of Glushitsa Monastery (Vologda) (1480).
New Hieromartyrs Basil Sokolov, Christopher Nadezhdin, and Alexander Zaozersky, archpriests, and Macarius (Telegin), hieromonk, and Martyr Sergius Tikhomirov, of Moscow (1922). Synaxis of the 103 New Martyrs of Cherkassy (20th c.).
St. Servatius, first bishop of Maastricht (384). St. Euthymius, patriarch of Jerusalem (1084). Commemoration of the monks of Iveron Monastery martyred by the Latins in the 13th century. St. Euphrosynus of Iveron (18th c.). St. Nicephorus, priest, of the monastery of Ephapsios.
Repose of Ryassaphore-monk John of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863) and Eldress Sepfora of Klykovo (1997).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Wednesday. [Acts 14:6–18; John 7:14–30]
On Mid-Pentacost a cry is heard from the Lord: If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink (John 7:37). If so, then let us all go to Him. Whoever thirsts for anything, as long as it is not contrary to the spirit of the Lord, will find satisfaction without fail. Whoever thirsts for knowledge, go to the Lord, for He is the only light truly enlightening every man. Whoever thirsts for cleansing from sins and to soothe the burning of his conscience, go to the Lord, for He lifted up the sins of the whole world onto the tree (cf. I Pet. 2:24) and tore up their handwriting (cf. Col. 2:14). Whoever thirsts for peace of heart, go to the Lord, for He is the treasure, the possession of which will force you to forget all deprivations and despise all goods in order to possess Him alone. Whoever needs strength—He has every strength. Glory—He has glory on high. Freedom—He is the giver of true freedom. He will resolve all of our uncertainties, will break the bonds of the passions, will disperse all sorrows and grieving, will enable us to overcome all impediments, all temptations and snares of the enemy, and will smooth out the path of our spiritual life. Let us all go to the Lord!
Articles
 Martyr Alexander of RomeThe Holy Martyr Alexander suffered for Christ at the beginning of the fourth century. |
 St. Pausicacus the Bishop of SynnadaSaint Pausicacus, Bishop of Synnada, lived at the end of the sixth century in the Syrian city of Apamea. |
 St. George the Confessor, with his wife and children of ConstantinopleThe Holy Confessor George suffered for the veneration of holy icons at Constantinople in the first half of the ninth century. |
 Righteous Virgin Glyceria of NovgorodRighteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod, was the daughter of Panteleimon, a starosta of Legoscha Street in Novgorod. |
 Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and PereyaslavlThe Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev lived in the seventeenth century. This was a most terrible time for Orthodox Christians in western Rus. |
