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1st Sunday after Pentecost. Sunday of All Saints. Tone 8.
No fast.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомProphet Elisha (9th c. b.c.). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Methodius the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (846).

St. Mstislav-George, prince of Novgorod (1180). St. Methodius, founder of Peshnosha Monastery, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392). St. Elisha, monk, of Suma (Solovki) (15th c.-16th c). Synaxis of the Saints of Diveyevo.

New Hieromartyr Alexander Parusnikov, archpriest, of Troitsko-Ramenskoye (Moscow) (1938).

St. Julitta ( Julia) of Tabennisi in Egypt (4th c.). St. John (Mavropos), metropolitan of Euchaita (1100). St. Sabbas, fool-for-Christ, of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos (1349). St. Niphon, monk, of Kapsokalyvia, Mt. Athos (1411). Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna on Crete (ca. 303).

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

Sunday of All the Saints. [Heb. 11:33–12:2; Matt. 10:32–33, 37–38; 19:27–30]

  The Holy Church commemorates Saints every day. But because there have been God-pleasers who struggled in obscurity and were not revealed to the Holy Church, the Church has set a day on which we praise all those who have pleased God throughout the ages, that they all might be glorified by the Church. The Church instituted this commemoration immediately after the descent of the Holy Spirit, because all saints have been made and are being made saints by the grace of the Holy Spirit. The grace of the Holy Spirit brings repentance and the forgiveness of sins; it leads one into battle with the passions and lusts, and crowns this labor with purity and passionlessness. And thus a new creature appears, fit for a new heaven and new earth. Let us be zealous to follow the saints of God. Today’s Gospel reading teaches us how to do this: it demands fearless confession of faith in the Lord, particular love toward Him, raising the cross of self-denial, and heartfelt renunciation of everything. Let us place a beginning according to these instructions.

Articles

Prophet Elisha

The Holy Prophet Elisha lived in the ninth century before the Birth of Christ, and was a native of the village of Abelmaum, near Jordan. By the command of the Lord he was called to prophetic service by the holy Prophet Elias.

Prophet Elisha and the She-Bears

Wasn’t Elisha being cruel when he sent those bears against those children who were teasing him about being bald in 2 Kings 2:23-25? And why was it precisely two she-bears?”

St Methodius the Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople, was born in Sicily into a rich family. Having a vocation to serve God, he went while still in his youth off to a monastery on the island of Chios and renovated it with his means.

St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha

Saint Methodius, Igumen of Peshnosha was the founder of the Peshnosha monastery. In his youth he went to St Sergius of Radonezh and spent several years under his guidance.

Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki

Saint Elisha of Suma was a monk at the Solovky monastery, and was occupied with the weaving of fishing nets.

Synaxis of All Saints

The Sunday following Pentecost is dedicated to All Saints, both those who are known to us, and those who are known only to God. There have been saints at all times, and they have come from every corner of the earth. They were Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, Hierarchs, Monastics, and Righteous, yet all were perfected by the same Holy Spirit.
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