St. Hypatius the Wonderworker, bishop of Gangra (ca. 326). St. Jonah, metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461). St. Innocent, metropolitan of Moscow, enlightener of Alaska and Siberia (1879).
St. Apollonius, monk, of the Thebaid (4th c.). Hieromartyrs Abdas, bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, and Benjamin, deacon, of Persia (418-424). St. Hypatius, abbot of Rufinianus in Chalcedon (ca. 446). St. Hypatius the Healer, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). St. Philaret, abbot, of Glinsk Hermitage (1841).
Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Mt. Athos).
Righteous Joseph the Fair, son of Jacob (ca. ) (ок 1700 b.c.). St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melitene in Pisidia (251). St. Blaise of Amorium and Mt. Athos (ca. 908).
Repose of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery (1976), Schemanun Anastasia (Shevelenko) of Karaganda (1977), and Archimandrite Thaddeus (Tadej) (Shtrbulovich) of Vitovnica Monastery, Serbia (2003).
Saturday. [Heb. 6:9–12; Mark 7:31–37]
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of God (I Cor. 15:50). Consequently, to
receive the kingdom it is necessary to become fleshless
and bloodless—that is, to become steadfast in such a
nature of life wherein blood and flesh literally do not
exist. This is attained by a complete renunciation of
deeds that come from flesh and blood. Now the works of
the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like. Having listed all of these,
the Apostle adds: I tell you before, as I have also
told you in time past, that they which do such things
shall not inherit the Kingdom of God (Gal.
5:19–21). He that has ears to hear, let him hear
(cf. Matt. 11:15)!