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Святитель Василий, епископ Рязанский Тимофей Прусский Святитель Иоанн Тобольский
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June 10
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June 23
3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone 1.
Fast of the Holy Apostles.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHieromartyr Timothy, bishop of Prusa (ca. 361-363). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомUncovering and translation of the relics of St. Basil, bishop of Ryazan (1609). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSynaxis of the Saints of Ryazan. Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. John, metropolitan of Tobolsk and all Siberia (1715). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSynaxis of the Saints of Siberia. St. Tamar (Mardzhanishvili), schema-abbess of the St. Seraphim–Znamensky Skete (Moscow) (1936).

Martyr Alexander and Virgin-martyr Antonina, at Crodamon (ca. 313). St. Theophanes, monk, and St. Pansemne, former harlot, of Antioch (369). St. Bassian, bishop of Lodi in Lombardy (409). St. Silouan of the Far Caves in Kiev (13th c.-14th c.). Blessed Cosmas, fool-for-Christ, of Verkhoturye (1706).

St. Asterius, bishop of Petra (4th c.). St. Canides, monk, of Cappadocia (ca. 460). 222 Chinese New Martyrs of the Boxer Uprising, at Beijing and other places: Hieromartyr Metrophanes Chang (Chang Tzi-tzung), his wife Tatiana, his sons John and Isaiah, Isaiah’s fiancée Maria, the church-school teachers Paul Wang and Ia Wen, and others (1900).

Repose of Elder Nahum of Solovki (1853) and Schemamonk Sergius of Valaam (1860).

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

Friday. [Rom. 9:6-19; Matt. 10:32-36, 11:1]

   Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in Heaven. Is it hard to confess the Lord? It is not hard at all. How hard is it to say, when necessary, that our Lord Jesus Christ is the only-begotten Son of God, and God, Who for us came to earth, was made flesh of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man, was crucified, suffered, was buried, arose on the third day, ascended into the heavens and sits at the right hand of God the Father, and again will come to judge the living and the dead—Who sent the Holy Spirit upon the holy apostles, who through His power established on the earth the Holy Church, which, teaching the truth and sanctifying through the mysteries, leads all of its faithful children to the heavenly kingdom along a sure path? We repeat all this every time we hear and read the symbol of faith. So imprint these truths in your heart, and be ready, not fearing any person, to show that one must believe thus and cannot be saved in any other way, preparing also to endure whatever comes to you as a result of this. Bar the lips of teachers of lies and blasphemers of Christianity with the word of truth, and you will receive what is promised by the Lord. You confess Him as God and Saviour before men, and He before God the Father will confess that you are His faithful follower and confessor.

Articles

Hieromartyr Timothy the Bishop of Prusa

The Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prusa (Bithynia), received from the Lord the gift of wonderworking because of his purity and sanctity of life.

St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan

Synaxis of the Saints of Ryzan

St. John of Tobolsk

"Christian! Observe once and for all how the sunflower even on gloomy days pursues its circular course, following the sun with the unchanging love and attraction natural to it. Our sun, illuminating our path through this world, is the will of God; it does not always illuminate our path in life without clouds; often clear days are followed by gloomy ones: rain, wind, storms arise. But let our love for our Sun, the will of God, be so strong that we may continue, inseparably from it, even in days of misfortune and sorrow, like the sunflower on gloomy days, to navigate faultlessly on the sea of life, following the indications of the 'barometer' and 'compass' of the will of God, which leads us into the safe harbor of eternity."

Synaxis of the Saints of Siberia

Synaxis of the Saints of Siberia

Martyr Alexander and Virgin-martyr Antonina, at Crodamon

Sts Alexander and Antonina were martyred on May 3, 313. In the Prologue their memory is listed under June 10. The relics of the saints were transferred to Constantinople and placed in the Maximov monastery.

Venerable Theophanes of Antioch

Saint Theophanes of Antioch was the son of pagans. At a youthful age he entered into marriage, but after three years his wife died.

St. Bassian the Bishop of Lodi in Lombardy

Saint Bassian, Bishop of Lodi, was a friend of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (December 7). Saint Bassian’s father governed the Syracuse region (in Sicily) and he prepared his son to follow in his footsteps.
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