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9th Week after Pentecost.
Tone 7.
Успенский пост. |
 Monastic rule: cooked food, no oil.
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration. 
Martyr Dometius of Persia and two disciples (363). Uncovering of the relics of St. Metrophanes (Macarius in schema), bishop of Voronezh (1832). St. Anthony, elder, of Optina Monastery (1865).
Martyrs Marinus the Soldier and Asterius the Senator, at Caesarea in Palestine (260). St. Or of the Thebaid (ca. 390). Virgin Potamia of Alexandria (4th c.). St. Theodosius the New, of the Peloponnese, healer (9th c.-10th c.). St. Hierotheus, first bishop and enlightener of Hungary (10th c.). St. Stephen I, king of Hungary (1038). St. Pimen the Much-ailing, of the Kiev Caves (1110). St. Mercurius of the Near Caves in Kiev, bishop of Smolensk (1239). St. Pimen the Faster, of the Far Caves in Kiev (ca. 1141). St. Theodora of Sihla (Romania) (18th c.).
New Hieromartyrs Alexander Khotovitsky, protopresbyter, of New York and Moscow, Athanasius (Yegorov), abbot, of Izmailovo (Moscow), Alexis Vorobiev, archpriest, of Gorodok (Moscow), John Voronets, archpriest, of Smilovichi (Minsk), and Michael Plyshevsky, archpriest, of Shatsk (Minsk) (1937). New Hieromartyr Basil Amenitsky, archpriest, of Efimyevo (Vladimir) (1938).
Hieromartyr Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem (ca. 213). Martyr Afra of Augsburg (ca. 304). St. Hyperechius of Egypt (4th c.). St. Victricius of Rouen (407-410). St. Nicanor, wonderworker, of Mt. Callistratus (1549). St. Dometius of Philotheou, Mt. Athos (16th c.). St. Joseph, monk of Kapsa Monastery on Crete (1874). Holy 10,000 Ascetics of the Thebaid. St. Sozon of Nicomedia. Holy Empresses Irene (803) and Pulcheria (453) of Constantinople.
Repose of Elder Adrian of South Dorotheus Monastery (1853), Schemamonk John the Silent, of Valaam (1894), Elder Callinicus the Hesychast, of Katounakia, Mt. Athos (1930), and Archimandrite Vladimir of Jordanville, New York (1988).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Tuesday. [I Cor. 12:12-26; Matt. 18:18-22; 19:1-2, 13-15]
Wanting to know how many times one should forgive his brother, Saint Peter asked with the suggestion: forgive till seven times? Saying this, he thought that he chose the greatest amount. How short is human patience! The Lord, applying His longsuffering to our infirmities, determined, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but Until seventy times seven. This is the same as saying: always forgive and do not think about not forgiving. All-forgivingness shall be the distinctive feature of a Christian spirit, as all-forgivingness is the source and constant support of our life in the Lord, from God Himself. Customary forgiving everyone of everything is the outer clothing of Christian love, which according to the Epistle, suffereth long, and is kind, is not easily provoked, beareth all things (I Cor. 13:4-7). It is the most faithful guarantee of forgiveness at the last judgment; for if we forgive, our heavenly Father will also forgive us (Matt. 6:14). In such a manner, if you want to go to heaven—forgive everyone, sincerely, from the bottom of your heart, so that not even a shadow of hostility remains.
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