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November 16
23rd Week after Pentecost. Tone 5.
Fast Day.
Wine and oil allowed.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHieromartyrs Acepsimas, bishop, the priest Joseph, and the deacon Aeithalas, of Persia (376). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомDedication of the Church of the Great-martyr George in Lydda (4th c.).

Martyrs Atticus, Agapius, Eudoxius, Carterius, Istucarius (Styrax), Pactobius (Tobias), Nictopolion, and companions, at Sebaste (320). St. Acepsimas, hermit, of Cyrrhus in Syria (4th c.). St. Snandulia of Persia (380). St. Anna, daughter of Prince Vsevolod I Yaroslavich (1112).

New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Dinariev, archpriest, of Danevo (Ryazan) (1918); Paul Andreyev and Alexander Zverev, archpriests, of Vozmishche (Moscow), Sergius Kedrov, archpriest, of Faustovo (Moscow), Alexander Parusnikov, archpriest, of Ramenskoye (Moscow), Vladimir Pisarev, archpriest, of Kostino (Moscow), and Vincent Smirnov, archpriest, of Khimki (Moscow) (1937).

St. Achaemonides (or Hormisdas), confessor, of Persia (4th c.). St. Winifred of Holywell, Wales (630). St. Hubert, bishop of Liege (727). St. Pirmin, bishop and monastic founder (Germany) (753). St. Theodore, confessor, bishop of Ancyra (8th-9th c.). The Meeting [1196] of St. Sava [1235] and St. Symeon the Myrrh-gusher [1200], of Serbia, at Vatopedi [Mt. Athos]. St. Nicholas of Iveron (Mt. Athos) and Georgia, hymnographer (1308). St. Pimen, monk of Zographou (Mt. Athos) (1610). New Hieromartyr George, priest, of Neopolis, Asia Minor (1797).

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

Wednesday. [I Thess. 4:1-12; Luke 11:42-46]

   The Lord reproaches His contemporaries by saying that they pass over the judgement and the love of God. The drying up of righteousness and love is the root of all disharmony both in society and in every person. It comes from the predominance of self-love or egoism. When egoism enters the heart an entire horde of passions is multiplied. It itself strikes out against righteousness and love, which require selflessness; while the passions generated from it chase away all other virtues. And the person becomes, by his heart’s disposition, unsuitable for anything that is truly good. He can still tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, but he does not have the courage to do anything more substantial. This does not mean that his outer behaviour is improper. No, in every way it is adorned with decency, only on the inside he is as a grave which appeareth not, and the men that walk over it are not aware of it. The beginning of self-correction is the beginning of the appearance of selflessness in the heart, after which righteousness and love are restored. Then, one after the other, all other virtues begin coming to life. Then the person becomes noble in the eyes of God because of his heart’s dispositon, although on the outside he may sometimes seem unprepossessing to other people. But the judgement of man is not an important thing, provided that God’s judgement is not against us.

Articles

Hieromartyrs Acepsimas, bishop, the priest Joseph, and the deacon Aeithalas, of Persia

Martyrs Akepsimas the Bishop, Joseph the Presbyter and Aethalas the Deacon of Persia were leaders of the Christian Church in the Persian city of Naesson.

Martyr Aithalas of Persia

The Holy Martyr Aithalas the Deacon, by order of the Persian emperor Sapor II, was put to death by stoning in the year 380 for confessing Christ.

The Holy and Great Martyr George

Once, when he heard in a court the inhuman sentence concerning the annihilation of Christians, St. George became inflamed with compassion for them. Foreseeing that sufferings were also awaiting him, George distributed his property to the poor, freed his slaves, appeared before Diocletian and, having revealed himself as a Christian, denounced him for cruelty and injustice. George's speech was full of powerful and convincing objections against the imperial order to persecute Christians.

The Real St. George

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

Regularly, the secular media report stories about England's current patron-saint. There are those who complain that St George is 'a Turkish saint'; others project the image of a knight in medieval armour; yet others claim him as 'the patron of the English football team'. Where does such nonsense come from and who is the real St George?

Great Martyr George

Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George

The Holy Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer, was a native of Cappadocia (a district in Asia Minor), and he grew up in a deeply believing Christian family.

Martyrs Eudoxios, Agapios, Atticus, and those with them, at Sebaste

The glorious Martyrs Eudoxios, Agapios, Atticus, Marinus, Oceanus, Eustratios, Karterios, Nikopolitianos, Styrax, and Tobias were all soldiers in the city of Sebaste during the reign of Emperor Licinius.

Venerable Akepsimas the Hermit of Cyrrhus in Syria

Saint Akepsimas, Hermit of Cyrrhus in Syria lived for sixty years in the desert, not far from Cairo.

Saint Snandulia of Persia

Snandulia was a devout Christian of the city of Arbela who visited those who suffered in prison for the sake of Christ.

Princess Anna Vsevolodna

She did not wish to marry, and as a virgin she took monastic tonsure in 1082 at the Andreiev Yanchinov monastery built for her at Kiev, but later destroyed under the Tatar invasion.

Saint Winifred and her Holy Spring

For 800 years there is a continuous record of cures and other favors claimed at the Well through the prayers of St Winifred—the only British shrine boasting such an uninterrupted history of pilgrimage and healing. Until the 1960s, the crypt was stacked with crutches left by cured pilgrims.
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