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2nd Week after Pentecost. Tone 8.
Fast of the Holy Apostles.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомMartyr Theodotus of Ancyra (303). St. Barlaam, abbot of Khutyn (Novgorod) (1192). Blessed Paul of Taganrog (glorification 1999).

Hieromartyr Marcellinus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Claudius, Cyrinus, and Antoninus (304). St. Marcellus, pope of Rome, and with him the Martyrs: deacons Sisinius and Cyriacus; soldiers Smaragdus, Largus, Apronian, Saturninus, Pappias, and Maurus; Crescentian, Priscilla, Lucina, and Princess Artemia (304-310). Martyrs Cyria, Caleria (Valeria), and Maria, of Caesarea in Palestine (4th c.). Synaxis of the Saints of Ivanovo. St. Anthony (in schema Abramius), monk of Kozhaezersk Monastery (1634). St. Ioannicius, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galich (1900).

New Hieromartyr Andronicus (Nikolsky), archbishop of Perm (1918). New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Konyukhov, archpriest, of Cherdyn (Perm), and Alexander Preobrazhensky, archpriest, of Pozhva (Perm) (1918). New Hieromartyr Stanislav Nasadil, priest, of Czechoslovakia, at Croatia (1941).

“Kursk Root” (1295) and “Tabynsk” (1597) Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos. Viliya Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Martyrs Aesia and Susanna, disciples of St. Pancratius of Taormina (1st c.). Virgin-martyr Potamiaena, and with her Martyrs Plutarch, Serenus, Heraclides, Heron, Herais, Marcella, and Basilides, of Alexandria (193-211). Martyr Zenaida (Zenais) of Caesarea in Palestine. St. Daniel of Scetis in Egypt (420). Sts. Stephen and Anthimus of Constantinople, priests, of the Fervent Ones (5th c.). St. Colman, bishop of Dromore, Ireland (6th c.). St. Anastasius Gordios, Orthodox scholar (Greece) (1729). St. Panagis (Paisius) Bassia, priest, of Cephalonia (1888). Martyr Lycarion of Tanis [Hermopolis] in Egypt.

Repose of Anthony Ivanovich, fool-for-Christ, of Valaam (1832).

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

Friday. [Rom. 5:17–6:2; Matt. 9:14–17]

  The Lord was asked why His disciples did not fast. He answered that the time for them has not yet come. Then in a parable he showed that in general, the strictness of outer asceticism must be in keeping with the renewal of inner powers of the spirit. First kindle the spirit of fervour, and then take on austerities; for then there will be a new inner power capable of enduring them profitably. If you take them on without first having this fervour, because you were either impressed by the example of others, or wanted to make a show of your own asceticism, then it will bring no profit. You will sustain this austerity for a bit, and then you will weaken and drop it. And you will be worse off than before. Austerity without the inner spirit is like a patch of new linen on an old garment, or new wine in old wineskins. The patch will fall off and the rent made even worse; and the wine will burst the wineskin, and the wine will be lost, and the wineskin ruined. This, by the way, does not mean that austerity is bad, but only suggests that one must begin it in the proper order. The need for it must come from within, so that it might content the heart, and not just press from the outside like a weight.

Articles

Hieromartyr Theodotus the Bishop of Ancyra

The Holy Martyr Theodotus lived in Ancyra of Galatia in the third century.

Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, who suffered under Decius

The Holy Martyr Theodotus and the Holy Seven Virgins Tecusa, Phaine, Claudia, Matrona, Julia, Alexandra and Euphrasia lived during the second half of the third century in the city of Ancyra, Galatia, and died as martyrs for Christ at the beginning of the fourth century.

“A Pillar from Earth to Heaven”

Marina Chizhova

Two years ago the blessed elder Paul of Taganrog was recognized as a saint for the universal veneration by the Russian Orthodox Church. By his life he set a shining example of holiness in the world, and in him the Rostov region found its heavenly patron.

Hieromartyr Marcellinus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Claudius, Cyrinus, and Antoninus

Saint Marcellinus was Bishop of Rome during the height of the persecution against Christians under Diocletian and Maximian (284-305), when 17,000 men were martyred a single month.

Martyrs Cyria, Caleria (Valeria), and Maria, of Caesarea in Palestine

The holy women martyrs Kyriake, Kaleria (Valeria), and Mary lived in Palestinian Caesarea during the persecution under Diocletian (284-305).

New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm

The holy New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm was an outspoken critic of the Communist decree which ordered the separation of Church and State.

Holy Hierarch Andronik: A Life of Devotion and Martyrdom

To dispose of the hierarch, the Bolsheviks led him into a forest and ordered him to dig his own grave. After completing the task, the archbishop prayed to the Lord and lay down in the freshly dug pit. His tormentors immediately began burying him alive.

The Miraculous Appearance of the Wonderworking Viliya Icon of the Mother of God

Archpriest Alexander Zhuk, O. V. Severova

Today, based on the materials of the investigative committee of the Volyn Ecclesiastical Consistory from December 31, 1890, we have the opportunity to reproduce the real events and to get first-hand information from Domna Ostapchuk herself, whose sworn testimony is given there.

Modern Miracles of the Viliya Icon of the Mother of God

Archpriest Alexander Zhuk, O. V. Severova

Seeing their sick loved ones healed, relatives declared in writing that their healings could have happened only by the grace of God; only by that which is above all medical benefits.
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