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11th Week after Pentecost. Tone 1.
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Совершается служба со славословиемApodosis of the Dormition. Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомMartyr Lupus, slave of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica (306).

Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons (202). Sts. Eutychius (ca. 540) and Florentius (547) of Nursia. St. Callinicus, patriarch of Constantinople (705).

New Hieromartyrs Ephraim (Kuznetsov), bishop of Selenginsk, and John Vostorgov, archpriest, of Moscow, and Martyr Nicholas Varzhansky (1918).

Hieromartyr Pothinus, bishop of Lyons (ca. 177). Martyrs Severus, Memnon the Centurion, and 38 others, of Thrace (ca. 305). Ebba the Younger, abbess, of Coldingham, Northumbria, and her companions (870). St. Anthony, bishop of Sardis (10th c.). St. Nicholas the Sicilian, who struggled on Mt. Neotaka in Euboea.

Repose of Abbot Ioannicius (Moroi) of Sihastria, Romania (1944).

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. [II Cor. 4:1-6; Matt. 24:13-28]

   But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. However, not everyone who endures will be saved, but only he who endures on the Lord’s path. This life is given to us for that reason—to endure; everyone endures something, even through to the very end. But enduring does not lead to benefit if it is not for the sake of the Lord and His holy Gospels. Step onto the path of faith and the Gospel commandments; occasions to endure will multiply, but from that moment endurance will begin to bring forth crowns. That endurance, which before was empty, will be made fruitful. With what blindness does the enemy surround us, that only the endurance which is encountered on the path of good seems heavy and unbearable; but what he inflicts on those who serve the passions seems light and free, although it is actually heavier and more dismal than what people bear in struggling with the passions and opposing the enemy! But we are blind, and do not see this… We labour, endure, and strain ourselves to the breaking point for the sake of the enemy, and unto our own perdition.

Articles

Martyr Lupus

The Martyr Lupus lived at the end of the third century and beginning of the fourth century, and was a faithful servant of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica (October 26).

St. Irenaeus of Lyons

When dealing with the heresies Irenaeus not only exposed and overthrew their teaching but also sought the orthodox interpretation and teaching as well. In spite of Irenaeus' interest in guarding his flock from the many heresies, his main preoccupation was the individual and his salvation. He was concerned with humankind's progress in order that he may achieve "the vision and enjoyment of God."

Saints Eutychius and Florentius of Nursia

Saints Eutychius and Florentius were monks living an ascetical life in a monastery of the Valcastoria region of Nursia in Italy during the VI century.

Saint Callinicus, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Callinicus, Patriarch of Constantinople, was at first a presbyter in the temple of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae, but in 693 with the death of Patriarch Paul, he was elevated to the episcopal throne of Constantinople.
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