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November 29
25th Week after Pentecost. Tone 7.
Nativity Fast.
Fish, wine and oil allowed.

Совершается служба с полиелеемHoly Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (60).

St. Fulvianus, prince of Ethiopia, (in baptism Matthew) (1st c.). New Hieromartyr Philoumenus, abbot, of the monastery at Jacob’s Well (Nablus) (1979).

New Hieromartyr Theodore Kolerov, archpriest, of Kimry (Tver), and with him New Martyrs Michael Boldakov and Ananius Boykov (1929). New Hieromartyrs Panteleimon (Arzhanykh), abbot, of Optina Monastery and Michael Abramov, archpriest, of Tver (1937).

St. Eucherius of Lyons (449). St. Otmar, abbot and monastic founder, in Switzerland (759). St. Lubuinus, missionary to Friesland (Neth.) (773). St. Sergius, priest and missionary, of Malopinega (1585).

Repose of Schemamonk John the Fingerless, disciple of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) (1843).

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

Tuesday. [I Tim. 1:8-14; Luke 14:25-35]

   Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? Salt are the disciples of the Lord, who passed on His directions to people, destroyed the moral rottenness in those people. If we will call such teaching education, then the title of salt should also pass to this. Then the entire saying will look like this: education is a good thing, but if education has lost its savor then what is it fit for? Give it up! Education acts like salt when it is filled with the principles and elements of the Lord’s teaching, when it itself consists of discipleship with the Lord; but as soon as it departs from this, and gives alien teachings instead of the Lord’s lessons, then it has lost its savour and becomes unprofitable. It becomes infected with the rottenness of delusion and lies, and begins to be not healing, but infectious. History has confirmed and continues to confirm this with experience everywhere. Why doesn’t anybody heed experience? The enemy brings darkness upon everyone and they all think that it is light, when in their teachings they remain far from the Lord’s teaching.

Articles

Sermon for the Feast of the Apostle Matthew 2015

"Christ called Levi the publican who then repented and became the Apostle Matthew. In this brief encounter with the conversion of the Apostle Matthew and then Christ dining at his house and saying to his critics that he has come to call sinners to repentance, we see an illustration of what the Gospel is amidst those who don’t understand it and criticize Christ for it."

Apostle and Evangelist Matthew

The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, was also named Levi; he was one of the Twelve Apostles, and was brother of the Apostle James Alphaeus. He was a publican, or tax-collector for Rome, in a time when the Jews were under the rule of the Roman Empire.

Saint Fulvianus (in Baptism Matthew), Prince of Ethiopia

Many Ethiopians were won over to Christ, although the local sovereign Prince, Fulvianus, a dedicated pagan, was violently opposed to this and, by his order, Saint Matthew was arrested and burned at the stake. In time, however, Fulvianus came to doubt his action and agonized over his horrific act.

Saint Sergius of Malopinega

Saint Sergius of Malopinega (in the world Simeon), was born in 1493.
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