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Friday |
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June 2
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7th Week after Pascha.
Tone 6.
Fast Day. |
 Fish, wine and oil allowed.
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Apodosis of the Ascension. 
Martyrs Thalelaeus and his companions Alexander and Asterius, at Aegae in Cilicia (284). 
Uncovering of the relics of St. Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow (1431).
Martyr Asclas of Egypt (ca. 287). Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem, parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia (3rd c.-4th c.). St. Dovmont-Timothy, prince of Pskov (1299).
New Martyr Olympiada (Verbetskaya), abbess of Kozelshchinsk Convent (Poltava) (1938).
St. Austregisilus, bishop of Bourges (624). St. Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (ca. 668). Martyr Ethelbert, king of East Anglia (ca. 793). Sts. Nicetas, John, and Joseph, monks of Nea Moni on Chios (11th c.). St. Stephen, abbot, of Piperi Monastery (Serbia) (1697).
Repose of Schemamonk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Friday. [Acts 27:1–44; John 17:18–26]
As thou, Father, art in me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us...I in them, and thou in Me (John 17:21–23). This is the golden chain tying us with Divinity! We have fallen away—the Mediator has arisen, Who is one with God the Father, and has become one with us. Becoming one with Him, we are united in Him, and through Him with God the Father. Glory to Thy boundless mercy toward us, O Three-Hypostatic God, Who was well-pleased to establish for us such a bright path to deification! The Lord raises us up high; do not refuse His good gift. Confess His mercy and praise His unspeakable goodness! You think it humble to refuse such a height, but you are actually revealing crude ingratitude and carelessness toward a lofty gift. Know, that there is no middle ground: it is either all or nothing. If you do not want this height, you will remain outside in bitter abasement, both temporally and eternally.
Articles
 Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of PskovThe Holy Prince Dovmont (Domant) of Pskov, prince of Nalshinaisk (Nalshensk), was a native of Lithuania, and at first he was a pagan. |
