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May 15
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Wednesday |
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May 28
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6th Week after Pascha.
Tone 5.
Fast Day. |
 Fish, wine and oil allowed.
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Apodosis of Pascha. 
St. Pachomius the Great, founder of coenobitic monasticism (ca. 348). 
St. Isaiah, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov (1090). Martyrdom of Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow (1591).
St. Achilles, bishop of Larissa (ca. 330). St. Isaiah, wonderworker, of the Kiev Caves (1115). St. Pachomius, abbot (1384), and St. Silvanus (14th c.), of Nerekhta. St. Euphrosynus (Eleazar), abbot and wonderworker, of Pskov (1481), and his disciple St. Serapion (1480). Uncovering of the relics of St. Arsenius of Konevits (1447) (1991). St. Arethas of Valaam and Verkhoturye (1903).
New Hieromartyrs Pachomius, archbishop of Chernigov (1938), his brother Abercius, archbishop of Zhitomir (1937), their father Priest Nicholas Kedrov (1936), and their brother-in-law Priest Vladimir Zagarsky (1937).
Seven Apostolic Men: Sts. Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Indaletius, Hesychius, Secundus, Euphrasius and Caecilius, in Spain (1st c.). St. Dymphna, martyr, of Geel, Flanders (7th c.). St. Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher, of Greece (9th c.). St. Hallvard of Husaby, Norway (1043). St. Andrew the Hermit, of Mt. Kalana, Epirus (13th c.).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Wednesday. [Acts 18:22–28; John 12:36–47]
Lord who hath believed our report? (Is. 53:1), the Prophet Isaiah laments in astonishment. Now it would be fitting to cry out, “Who now sincerely believes Thy word, O Lord?” Almost everyone has become slack. Many are yet silent about their unbelief; while it is rare to find a heart that has not turned in the other direction. What is the reason for this? Interest in unbelief has begun to be felt; the need for unbelief has developed, for concealing interests of the heart which do not agree with faith. Here is the root of evil. Reason is not the adversary of faith, but a corrupt heart is. Reason is only guilty here in that it submits to the heart, and begins to philosophize—not according to the foundations of truth, but according to the desires of the heart. Furthermore, powerful arguments for the truth seem worthless to the mind, and some trifling argument against the truth becomes a whole mountain. In general, confusion comes into the mental realm, blinding the mind, which does not and cannot see, no matter what you tell it.
Articles
 Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of MoscowThe Tsarevich Saint Demetrius, murdered on May 15, 1591, was glorified in the year 1606. |
 St. Achilles the Bishop of LarissaSaint Achilles, Bishop of Larissa, lived during the fourth century, during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great. |
 Venerable Isaiah the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near CavesSaint Isaiah was one of the saints of the Kiev Caves who struggled during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. |
 Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of NerekhtaSaint Pachomius of Nerekhta, in the world James, was born into the family of a priest at Vladimir on the Klyazma. |
