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Monastic rule: cooked food, no oil.

Afterfeast of the Transfiguration. Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (815-820). Совершается служба с полиелеемFirst (1566) and second translations of the relics of Sts. Zosimas and Sabbatius, of Solovki (1992).

St. Myron, archbishop of Crete (ca. 350). St. Gregory, iconographer, of the Kiev Caves (12th c.). St. Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos) (14th c.). Martyrs Eleutherius and Leonides, of Constantinople, and many infants with them (4th c.). St. Philaret of Ichalka, Ivanovo (1913). Translation of the relics of St. Herman of Solovki (1992). Uncovering of the relics of St. Barlaam of Chikoisk Monastery (Siberia) (2002).

New Hieromartyr Joseph (Baranov), hieromonk of the Tolga Monastery (Yaroslavl) (1918). New Hieromartyr Nicholas Prozorov, priest, of Pokrovskoye (1937). New Hieromartyr Nicodemus (Krotkov), archbishop of Kostroma (1938).

“Tolga” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1314) (1314).

Martyr Gormizdas of Persia (418). St. Zosimas the Sinaite, of Tuman Monastery, Serbia (14th c.). St. Gregory, wonderworker, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). New Martyr Triandaphyllus of Zagora, at Constantinople (1680). New Martyr Anastasius (Spaso) of Strumica, at Thessalonica (1794). Monk-martyr Euthymius, abbot, of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, at Gareji, Georgia (1804). St. Jacob, monk, of New Tuman Monastery (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

St. Theophan the Recluse

Thursday. [II Cor. 4:1-6; Matt. 24:13-28]

   But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. However, not everyone who endures will be saved, but only he who endures on the Lord’s path. This life is given to us for that reason—to endure; everyone endures something, even through to the very end. But enduring does not lead to benefit if it is not for the sake of the Lord and His holy Gospels. Step onto the path of faith and the Gospel commandments; occasions to endure will multiply, but from that moment endurance will begin to bring forth crowns. That endurance, which before was empty, will be made fruitful. With what blindness does the enemy surround us, that only the endurance which is encountered on the path of good seems heavy and unbearable; but what he inflicts on those who serve the passions seems light and free, although it is actually heavier and more dismal than what people bear in struggling with the passions and opposing the enemy! But we are blind, and do not see this… We labour, endure, and strain ourselves to the breaking point for the sake of the enemy, and unto our own perdition.

Articles

St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus

Saint Emilian was a zealous defender of the holy icons during the reign of Emperor Leo the Armenian.

Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki

Saint Zosimas, Igumen of Solovki a great luminary of the Russian North, was the founder of cenobitic monasticism on Solovki Island.

Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki

Saint Sabbatius of Solovki came to the Saint Cyril of White Lake monastery in the year 1396, where he received the monastic tonsure. He there pursued asceticism for a long time, unquestioningly fulfilling all obediences.

Saint Myron the Wonderworker, Bishop of Crete

Saint Myron, Bishop of Crete, a wonderworker, in his youth was a family man, and worked as a farmer. He was known for his goodness, and he assisted everyone who turned to him for help.

Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves

In the Ninth Ode of the Canon of the Service of the Synaxis of the Kiev Caves Monastics, Venerated in the Near Caves (September 28), Saint Gregory is called a “Byzantine.”

Venerable Gregory of Sinai

Saint Gregory of Sinai was born around the year 1268 in the seacoast village of Clazomenia near the city of Smyrna (Asia Minor), of rich parents. In about the year 1290, he was taken into captivity by the Hagarenes and sent off to Laodicea.

Martyrs Eleutherius and Leonidas of Constantinople, and many infants martyred with them

The Martyrs Eleutherius, Leonides, along with many infants, were cast into a fire at a youthful age during one of the persecutions against Christians.

Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga

At midnight, when everyone was asleep, the saint awoke and saw a bright light illuminating the area. The light proceeded from a fiery column on the other bank of the river, to which there stretched a bridge.

New Martyr Triandaphyllus of Stara Zagora

He was only fifteen years old when he received the crown of victory from Christ.

Venerable Ekvtime, Abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist (†1804)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Saint Ekvtime was abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in the Davit-GarejiWilderness. In the chronicles of the monastery he is commemorated as a “man of many labors.”
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