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| 18th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 1. |  No fast.
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Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787). 
Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus, of Milan (54-68). 
St. Parasceva (Petka) of Epibatima, Thrace, whose relics are in Iasi, Romania (11th c.).
Hieromartyr Silvanus, priest, of Gaza, and with him 40 martyrs (311). St. Nikola Sviatosha, prince of Chernigov and wonderworker, of the Kiev Caves (1143). St. Cosmas, founder of Yakhromsk Monastery (Vladimir) (1492).
New Hieromartyr Michael Lektorsky, archpriest, of Novo-Titarovskaya (Kuban) (1921). New Hiero-confessor Ambrose (Polyansky), bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk (1932). New Hieromartyr Peter Lebedev, archpriest, of Rodniki (Ivanovo) (1937). New Hieromartyr Maximillian (Marchenko), abbot, of Zagorsk (Moscow) (1938).
Yakhromsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (15th c.).
Martyr Peter Apselamus of Eleutheropolis in Palestine (309). St. Burchard, first bishop of Wurzburg, English missionary to Germany (754). St. Ignatius, metropolitan of Mithymna (1566). St. Cosmas the Hymnographer, bishop of Maiuma (787).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost. [Gal. 2:16-20; Luke 8:5-15]
The thorns and thistles which choke the word of Divine truth, in addition to being riches, pleasures and cares of this life, at the current time must also be understood to be various false teachings, spread by scholars who have lost the truth and have been knocked off the path to it. Among us such theories differ much: some publicly and openly go against the truth; others do so by oblique hints that are nevertheless understood by those toward whom they are directed. In essence they act like carbon monoxide poisoning—they enter unnoticeably, and cloud the head, leading to a loss of clear consciousness of everything around. He who gets this carbon monoxide poisoning begins to rave like one who is asleep, for everything already appears to him entirely not as it is, not as it appears to one who is in his right mind. When you meet such a person you see that not only is all truth is suppressed in him, but any feeling for the truth is also stifled, and a lie has penetrated all the components of his mind. How should one be? Do not listen to these ravings or read them; and when they are unwillingly heard or read, throw them out of your head. When they are not thrown out—submit them to reason, and they all will scatter like smoke.
Articles
 Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus, of MilanThe Holy Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius and Celsus of Milan suffered during the reign of the emperor Nero (54-68). |
 Venerable Parasceva (Petka) of SerbiaSaint Paraskeva the New was born into a pious family, living during the eleventh century in the village of Epivato, between Silistra and Constantinople. |
