ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY Orthodox Calendar
Orthodox Calendar 2024
Previous day
Дивеевские святые Священномученик Владимир, митрополит Киевский и Галицкий Пророк Елисей
Next day
Old Style
June 14 		Thursday
New Style
June 27
First Week after Pentecost (Fast-free period). Tone 7.
No fast.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомProphet Elisha (9th c. b.c.). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Methodius the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (846).

St. Mstislav-George, prince of Novgorod (1180). St. Methodius, founder of Peshnosha Monastery, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392). St. Elisha, monk, of Suma (Solovki) (15th c.-16th c). Synaxis of the Saints of Diveyevo.

New Hieromartyr Alexander Parusnikov, archpriest, of Troitsko-Ramenskoye (Moscow) (1938).

“Surety of Sinners” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Korets) (1622).

St. Julitta ( Julia) of Tabennisi in Egypt (4th c.). St. John (Mavropos), metropolitan of Euchaita (1100). St. Sabbas, fool-for-Christ, of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos (1349). St. Niphon, monk, of Kapsokalyvia, Mt. Athos (1411). Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna on Crete (ca. 303).

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

Thursday. [Rom. 1:28–2:9; Matt. 5:27–32]

  Whosoever looketh on a woman … hath committed adultery with her already (Matt. 5:28). Living in society, one cannot help looking at women. What to do? A man does not commit adultery simply by looking at a woman, but by looking at her with lust. Look if you must, but keep your heart on a leash. Look with the eyes of a child—purely, without any evil thoughts. One must love women as well, for they are not excluded from the commandment about love of neighbour—but with love that is pure, which bears the soul and spiritual aspect in mind. Just as there is neither male nor female before God in Christianity, so it is in the mutual relations of Christians. But this is very difficult, you will say. Yes, it does not happen without a struggle; but struggle presupposes a lack of desire for evil. The Lord counts as purity the unlustful desire of the merciful.

Articles

Prophet Elisha

The Holy Prophet Elisha lived in the ninth century before the Birth of Christ, and was a native of the village of Abelmaum, near Jordan. By the command of the Lord he was called to prophetic service by the holy Prophet Elias.

Prophet Elisha and the She-Bears

Wasn’t Elisha being cruel when he sent those bears against those children who were teasing him about being bald in 2 Kings 2:23-25? And why was it precisely two she-bears?”

St Methodius the Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople, was born in Sicily into a rich family. Having a vocation to serve God, he went while still in his youth off to a monastery on the island of Chios and renovated it with his means.

St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha

Saint Methodius, Igumen of Peshnosha was the founder of the Peshnosha monastery. In his youth he went to St Sergius of Radonezh and spent several years under his guidance.

At the Dawn of the Revival of the Russian Land

Irina Ushakova

On a small rise amid the swamp, the son of a peasant built his cell for seclusion and prayerful work. This was the beginning of the monastery.

Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki

Saint Elisha of Suma was a monk at the Solovky monastery, and was occupied with the weaving of fishing nets.
© ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY