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St. Andrew, archbishop of Crete (740). St. Martha, mother of St. Symeon Stylites (the Younger), of the Wonderful Mountain (551). St. Andrew (Rublev), iconographer, of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery (Moscow) (15th c.). 
Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsaritsa Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexis, and Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia and with them New Martyr Eugene Botkin, physician (1918).
Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with St. Hyacinth at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108). Hieromartyr Theodore, bishop of Cyrene in Libya, and with him Martyrs Cyprilla, Aroa, and Lucia (310). Burial of St. Andrew, prince of Bogoliubovo (1174). Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Wonderworker, archimandrite, of Suzdal (1507). St. Andrew the Russian, confessor, in Cairo (ca. 1850). New Hieromartyrs Sava, bishop of Gornji Karlovac (1941) and George Bogich, priest, of Nasice (1941).
New Hieromartyr Nilus, hieromonk, of Poltava (1918).
Hieromartyrs Innocent and Sabbatius, and 30 others with them, in Sirmium of Pannonia (304). Translation of the relics of St. Martin the Merciful, bishop of Tours (460-490). St. Michael Choniates, metropolitan of Athens (1222). Hieromartyr Donatus, bishop of Libya.
Repose of Hieroschemamonk John, founder of Sarov Monastery (1737), and Archpriest Tikhon Pelikh of Sergiev Posad (1983). Slaying of General Dragoljub (Drazha) Mihailovic of Serbia (1946).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday. [I Cor. 3:18-23; Matt. 13:36-43]
And shall cast them (those who offend and do iniquity) into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Thus will be carried out the division of good and evil, light and darkness. Now is the period of time in which they are mixed. It pleased the Lord to arrange that the freedom of creatures should grow and be strengthened in good through the struggle with evil; evil is tolerated within the vicinity of inward freedom, and in contact with a person externally. It does not determine anything, only tempts. One who feels a temptation must not fall, but enter into battle. He who conquers is freed from one temptation, and advances forward and upward to find new temptation there—and so on, until the end of his life. Oh, when will we comprehend this meaning of the evil which tempts us, so we might arrange our lives according to this understanding! The strugglers are finally crowned, and pass on to the other life where there is neither sickness nor sorrows from the outside, and where they become inwardly pure like angels of God, free from the sting of tempting inclinations and thoughts. This is how the triumph of light and good is being prepared, and it will be revealed in all of its glory on the last day of the world.
Articles
 St Andrew the Archbishop of CreteSaint Andrew, Archbishop of Crete, was born in the city of Damascus into a pious Christian family. Up until seven years of age the boy was mute and did not talk. |
 The Holy Royal MartyrsMetropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov and Porkhov |
 Grand Princess Olga Nicholaevna RomanovaGrand Princess Olga Nicholaevna (1895-1918), the first child of Emperor Nicholai II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, was born on November 3, 1895. |
 Martyrs Theodotus and Theodotia at Caesarea, in Cappadocia |
 Hieromartyr Theodore, bishop of Cyrene in Libya, and with him Martyrs Cyprilla, Aroa, and LuciaThe Hieromartyr Theodore, Bishop of Cyrene, lived during the reign of the emperor Diocletian (284-305). |
 Venerable Euthymius of SuzdalThe ascetic struggles of Saint Euthymius were so great that Saint Dionysius advised him to lessen them. |
