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Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. b.c.). St. Symeon of Emesa, fool-for-Christ (590), and his fellow faster St. John (ca. 590).
Martyr Victor of Marseilles (3rd c.). St. Onuphrius the Silent, of the Kiev Caves and St. Onesimus, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (12th c.-13th c.) Uncovering of the relics of St. Anna, princess of Kashin (Euphrosyne in monasticism) (1649). St. Arsenia (Sebryakova), abbess of the Ust-Medveditsk Convent (Volgograd) (1905). St. John of Tula, fool-for-Christ. Synaxis of the Saints of Smolensk.
“Armatia” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Hieromartyr Zoticus of Comana in Armenia (204). Martyrs Justus, Matthew, and Eugene, at Rome (305). Hieromartyr Bargabdesian, deacon, at Arbela in Assyria (354). Sts. Paul, bishop, and John, priest, ascetics, near Edessa (5th c.). Sts. Raphael (1640-1645) and Parthenius (1660) of Old Agapia Monastery (Romania). St. Parthenius of Radovizlios, bishop (1777). New Hieromartyrs Simo Banjac and Milan Stojisavljevic, and the latter’s son Martyr Milan, of Glamoc, Serbia (1941-1945). St. Eleutherius of “Dry Hill”.
Repose of Abbot Gerasim of the Chudov Monastery (1911), Blessed Anthony Petrovich Shuvalov, wonderworker of Undor- Simbirsk (1942), and Abbess Euphemia of the Ravanica and St. Petka monasteries (Serbia) (1958).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Eighth Sunday After Pentacost. [I Cor. 1:10-18; Matt. 14:14-22]
Before the miraculous filling of the five thousand people, the disciples of the Lord wanted the people to be sent away; but the Lord said to them: They need not depart; give ye them to eat. Let us learn this word, and each time the enemy suggests to us to refuse someone who asks for something, let us say from the face of the Lord: “They need not depart, give ye them to eat”—and let us give whatever we find at hand. The enemy destroys the desire to offer charity, and suggests that maybe the asker is not worthy of being given to; but the Lord did not investigate the worthiness of those sitting there: he served everyone equally, while of course, not everyone was equally devoted to Him; perhaps there were even those who later cried: “crucify him.” Such is God’s overall providence toward us: He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust (Matt. 5:45). If only the Lord would help us even a tiny bit to be merciful, as our heavenly Father is merciful (Luke 6:36).
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 Prophet EzekielThe Holy Prophet Ezekiel lived in the sixth century before the birth of Christ. |
