Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro (306). St. Hermogenes, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1612).
St. Mariamne, sister of Apostle Philip (1st c.). Uncovering of the relics of Martyr Menas the Most Eloquent, of Alexandria (889). St. Theodore the Silent, of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). St. Barnabas, elder, of Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1906).
New Hieromartyrs Paul Kosminkov, archpriest, of Lystsevo (Moscow), Mikhail Nikologorsky, priest, of Shchelkovo (Moscow) (1938).
Weeping “Tikhvin” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos.
St. Auxibius, bishop of Soli on Cyprus (102). St. Mesrop Mashtots of Armenia (440). St. Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne (661). St. Theodosius, monastic founder at Mt. Kelifarevo (1363), and his disciple St. Romanus (14th c.), of Turnovo (Bulgaria). New Martyr Michael Mavroeidis of Adrianople (1490). New Martyr Theodore of Byzantium, at Mytilene (1795). New Hieromartyr Theodore of Adjara, hieromonk, at Mt. Athos (1822). St. Nicholas Planas, priest, of Athens (1932). Synaxis of Holy Emperor Marcian (457) and St. Pulcheria, his wife (453).
Repose of Elder Agapitus of the Kiev Caves (1887) and Schemamonk John (Shova) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2009).
Thursday.
Fear the Lord, and depart from evil
(Prov. 3:7). Set this as the goal of your preparation for
Holy Communion, so that at the end of this preparation the
fear of God will dwell in you, and a firm intention to
avoid every evil will take root, even if you should have
to lose everything, including your life, in order to do
so. Do not limit yourself to an external routine of
preparation alone, but focus in particular on yourself,
enter within yourself and examine your views, whether they
are in agreement in all things with the true word of God.
Examine your inclinations and dispositions, whether they
are what the Lord demands of you in the Gospels. Examine
your whole life, whether it agrees with God’s
commandments in every way. Mourn and hate whatever is
offensive to God, and set in your mind never to do it
again. If you do this, you will be most wise; but you
would most unwise not to do this.