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24th Sunday after Pentecost.
Tone 7.
Eve of the Nativity Fast. |
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Holy and All-Praised Apostle Philip (ca. 81-96).
St. Justinian the Emperor (565) and his wife St. Theodora (548). Repose of St. Alexander Nevsky (Alexis in schema), great prince of Novgorod (1263). St. Gregory Palamas, archbishop of Thessalonica (1360). St. Philip, founder of Irap Monastery (Novgorod) (1527).
New Hieromartyrs Aristarchus (Zaglodin-Kokorev), hieromonk of St. Nicholas Peshnosha Monastery (Moscow), Nicholas Vinogradov, archpriest, of Teryaeva Sloboda (Moscow), Sergius Znamensky, archpriest, of Kashira (Moscow), George Izbekov, archpriest, of Perlovka (Moscow), Sergius Konstantinov, archpriest, of Kimry (Tver), Dimitry Lebedev, archpriest, of Spirovo (Moscow), Basil Likharev, archpriest, of Aksinyino (Moscow), Alexis Nikologorsky, archpriest, of Tver, Basil Nikolsky, archpriest, of Orekhovo-Zuyevo (Moscow), Alexander Pokrovsky, archpriest, of Novo-Vasilevskoye (Moscow), and Sergius Rufitsky, archpriest, of Ivanovo (Moscow) (1937).
St. Dyfrig, bishop in Hereford and Gwent, hermit, of Bardsey Island (ca. 550). St. Malo of Brittany (7th c.). Virgin Martyrs of Emesa (Syria) (779). St. Alberik, bishop of Utrecht (784). St. Fantinus the Younger, of Calabria (ca. 1000). New Martyr Constantine of Hydra, at Rhodes (1800). New Martyr Panteleimon the Youth, of Asia Minor.
Repose of Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore) of Eagle River, Alaska (1992).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Twenty Fifth Sunday After Pentecost. [Eph. 4:1-6; Luke 10:25-37]
To the man who asked how to be saved, the Lord on his part offered a question: What is written in the law? how readest thou? By this He showed that to resolve all perplexity one must turn to the word of God. And so that there will not be such perplexity at all it is best to always read Divine Scripture attentively, with discernment and sympathy, applying it to your own life, and fulfilling in your own thoughts what relates to thoughts, in your own feelings and dispositions what relates to the senses, and in your deeds what relates to deeds. One who hearkens to the word of God gathers bright understanding of all that is in him, what is near to him, and what is above him; he clarifies his obligations in all aspects of life, and holy rules, like valuable pearls, are strung onto the thread of his conscience, which then precisely and definitely indicate how and when to act so that he please the Lord. He tames the passions—something reading the word of God always acts to assuage. No matter what passion troubles you, begin to read the word of God and the passion will become quieter and quieter, and at last it will be entirely calmed. He who enriches himself through knowledge of the word of God is overshadowed by the pillar of cloud which guided the Israelites in the desert.
Articles
 St. Justinian the EmperorSaint Justinian, a major figure in the history of the Byzantine state, was also a great champion of Orthodoxy, a builder of churches and a Church writer. |
 St. Theodora the EmpressSaint Theodora was the wife of Saint Justinian the emperor, and lived during the sixth century. |
 St. Philip the Abbot of Irap Near NovgorodSaint Philip, Abbot of Irap near Novgorod, in the world Theophilus, was the founder of the Irap wilderness-monastery. |
 Holy Hierarch Dyfrig (Dubricius) of WalesDmitry LapaSt. Dyfrig, also known by the Latin name of Dubricius, was one of the founders of Orthodox monasticism in Wales. |