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Martyr Isidore of Chios (251). 
St. Isidore, fool-for-Christ and wonderworker, of Rostov (1474).
Martyr Maximus, under Decius (ca. 250). St. Serapion the Sindonite, monk, of Egypt (5th c.). St. Nicetas, recluse, of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod (1108). St. Leontius, patriarch of Jerusalem (1175). St. Andrew, abbot of the Holy Trinity–St. Raphael Monastery (Tyumen) (1820). Uncovering of the relics of St. Tikhon, bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1846).
New Hieromartyr Peter Rozhdestvin, archpriest, of Lanino (Ryazan) (1939). New Hiero-confessor Matthew, hieromonk, of Yaransk (1927).
St. Aprunculus, bishop of Langres, later of Clermont (ca. 488). Hieromartyr Therapontus, bishop of Cyprus (632). New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643). New Martyr Raiko-John of Shumena, Bulgaria (1802). Sts. Alexander, Barbarus, and Acolythus, martyred at the Church of Holy Peace by the Sea, in Constantinople.
Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles of Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of the St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery and Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St. Nicholas Monastery (Kostroma) (1609).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Tuesday. [Acts 17:19–28; John 12:19–36]
Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit (John 12:24). And so, if you want to be fruitful, die. Die in a real way, bearing always the feeling in your heart that you have already died. Just as a dead man does not respond to anything surrounding him, so do the same: if they praise you—be silent, and if they rebuke you—be silent, and if you make a profit—be silent; if you are full—be silent, or hungry—be silent. Be this way to all external things; inwardly abide in the place where all the dead abide—in the other life, before the all-righteous face of God, preparing to hear the final sentence. You may say, what fruit can come everything dying? No, nothing will die. Rather, abundant energy will appear! “I have but one minute remaining,” you will say to yourself. “Now will come the verdict; let me hurry to do something;” and you will do it. And thus continue every minute.
Articles
 Martyr MaximusThe Holy Martyr Maximus suffered under the emperor Decius (249-251). Maximus was a layman and a merchant. |
 Venerable Serapion of EgyptSaint Serapion lived during the fifth century in Egypt. He was called the linen cloth-wearer (Sindonite) since he wore only a coarse linen garb called a “sindon.” |
 Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of NovgorodSaint Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod, in his youth entered the Kiev Caves monastery and soon wished to become a hermit. |
 St. Leontius the Patriarch of JerusalemHis life was similarly described by Theodore, a monk of Constantinople. |
