Apodosis of the Meeting of Our Lord.
Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch (ca. 257).
Uncovering of the relics of St. Innocent, bishop of Irkutsk (1805). Uncovering of the relics (1992) of New Hiero-confessor Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1992).
Hieromartyrs Marcellus, bishop of Sicily, Philagrius, bishop of Cyprus, and Pancratius, bishop of Taormina, disciples of Apostle Peter (1st c.). St. Pancratius, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Sts. Gennadius (ca. 1516) and Nicephorus (1557) monks, of Vazhe Lake (Vologda).
New Hieromartyr Basil Ismailov, archpriest, of Belorussia (1930).
Martyr Apollonia of Alexandria (249). St. Romanus the Wonderworker, of Cilicia, near Antioch (5th c.). Sts. Aemilianus and Bracchio, of Tours (Gaul) (6th c.). St. Teilo, bishop of Llandaff, Wales (6th c.). Hieromartyr Peter, bishop of Damascus (743).
Repose of Maria, desert-dweller of Olonets (1860).
Tuesday. [I John 3:11–20; Mark 14:10–42]
Saint Peter so enthusiastically insisted that he would not
reject the Lord; but when it came down to it, he denied
Him, and three times no less. Such is our weakness! Do not
rely upon yourself, and when you enter into the midst of
enemies, place all your hope to overcome them on the Lord.
For this purpose such a fall was allowed to such a great
person—so that afterwards nobody would dare on his
own to do something good or to overcome some enemy, either
inner or outer. You must hope in the Lord, but not stop
trying. Help from the Lord joins our efforts, and thus
makes them powerful. If these efforts are not there,
God’s help has nowhere to descend, and it will not
descend. But again, if you are filled with self-reliance,
and consequently you have no need for help and seek no
help—again, God’s help will not descend. How
is it to descend when it is considered unnecessary?!
Neither, in this case, is there anything with which to
receive it. It is received by the heart. The heart opens
up to receive through a feeling of need. So both the
former and the latter are needed. Say, “Help, O
God!” But don’t just lie around.