Martyr Christina of Tyre (ca. 300). Holy Martyrs and Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism Romanus and David (1015).
St. Polycarp, archimandrite, of the Kiev Caves (1182). St. Pachomius, abbot, near Vologda (1479). St. Bogolep, child schemamonk, of Cherny Yar, near Astrakhan (1654). St. George (Konissky), archbishop of Mogilev (1795).
New Hiero-confessor John Kalinin, priest, of Olenevka (1951). 17 New Martyrs of Mgarsk Monastery (Poltava): Abbot Ambrose, hieromonks Arcadius, Ioannicius, Jonah, Joseph, Nicanor, Athanasius, Theophan, Serapion, Nicostratus, and Julian, and monks Ioannicius, Herman, Nazarius, Parthenius, Potapius, and Dorymedon (1919).
St. Declan, bishop of Ardmore (Ireland (5th c.). St. Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (Neth.) (1054). St. Hilarion of Tvali, Georgia (1041). New Martyr Theophilus of Zakynthos, at Chios (1635). New Martyr Athanasius of Nicaea, at Constantinople (1670). Serbian New Martyrs of Prebilovci (Herzegovina) (1941).
Repose of Blessed Monk Tikhon of Turukhan in Siberia (1682).
Saturday. [Rom. 13:1-10; Matt. 12:30-37]
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart
bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the
evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. What you put
in the treasury is what you receive: if you put in
gold—you will take away gold; if you put in
copper—you will take away copper. Of course, copper
can be passed off as gold; but an expert will immediately
recognize the forgery. How can we make it so that in our
treasury there is only gold; that is, so that in the heart
there is only good? The heart by its nature is a treasury
of good things; evil came later. Take an anatomical knife
of attentiveness and lack of self pity, separate what is
unnatural and cut it out. One after the other the evil
will leave, while the good will become strengthened and
spread; what will remain, at last, will be only good. The
question is how to determine what is natural and
unnatural. Do not listen to today’s
naturalists;[1] they
explain everything inside out: what is natural, for
them is unnatural; while what is unnatural, for them is
natural—they call evil good, and good evil. Look
at what the Lord says in the Gospels and the holy
apostles in their writings, and according to their
instructions determine what is natural. In such a
manner, at last, you will gather much good and will
bring it forth out of your heart. Pray to the Holy
Spirit: “O treasury of good things, entreasure
good in my heart!”
[1]By
“naturalists” is meant those people who
rely on natural science for answers, and deny religion.