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St. Eumenius, bishop of Gortyna on Crete (7th c.). St. Hilarion, elder, of Optina Monastery (1873).
Martyr Ariadne of Phrygia (2nd c.). Martyrs Sophia and Irene, of Egypt (3rd c.). Martyr Castor of Alexandria. St. Arcadius, bishop of Novgorod (1162). Martyrs Bidzina, Elizbar, and Shalva, princes of Ksani, Georgia (1660).
New Hieromartyrs Amphilochius (Skvortsov), bishop of Krasnoyarsk, John Vasiliev, archpriest, of Talozhnya (Tver), and Constantine Tverdislov, archpriest, of Vyazniki (Vladimir) (1937). Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Vladimir.
St. Romilus the Sinaite, of Ravanica (1375).
Repose of Blessed Irene of Zelenogorsk Monastery (18th c.).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Saturday. [I Cor. 10:23-28; Matt. 24:34-44]
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. To be vigilant does not mean to sit with your arms folded, but rather to keep in mind that the Lord will suddenly come, to behave and conduct your affairs so as to be ready to meet Him at any instant, not fearing reproach and condemnation. How is one to do this? Very simply. Walk in the commandments, not breaking a single one; and if it happens that you break one—immediately cleanse yourself through repentance and its proper fulfilment. Then everything in you will be clean. And do not leave sin on your soul for a minute; immediately repent, weep in your heart and run to your spiritual father to confess and receive absolution, and then again take on deeds according to God’s commandments. If you set out zealously to be proper in life—you will soon become proper; just don’t remain for long in a fall. Falls in such a case will become ever rarer, and eventually will completely cease, with the help of the all-healing grace of God. Then there will dwell in you the joyful assurance that you will not meet the Lord unprepared.
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