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September 3
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13th Week after Pentecost.
Tone 3.
Fast Day. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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Afterfeast of the Dormition. Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (44). Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons Theognius, Agapius, and Pistus (305-311). 
St. Abramius, archimandrite, wonderworker of Smolensk (1220), and his disciple St. Ephraim (1238). St. Martha, schemanun of Diveyevo (1829).
St. Abramius the Lover of Labor, of the Near Caves in Kiev (12th c.-13th c.). St. Cornelius, founder of Paleostrov Monastery (Karelia) (1420), and his disciple St. Abramius (15th c.).
New Hieromartyr Ignatius (Dalanov), hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1942).
Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (ca. 2000 b.c.). St. Avitus, bishop of Clermont (Gaul) (594). St. Sarmean, catholicos of Kartli, Georgia (774). St. Theocleta the Wonderworker, of Asia Minor (840). St. Isaiah of Mt. Athos (14th c.). Hieromartyrs Romulus, priest, and the deacons Donatus and Silvanus, and Martyr Venustus (Romania). New Hieromartyr Symeon, bishop of Samokov (Bulgaria) (1737). Translation of the relics of St. Nectarius (Kephalas), metropolitan of Pentapolis (1953).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Wednesday. [II Cor. 9:12-10:7; Mark 3:20-27]
If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. While single-mindedness for sinful evil is the quality within us, the kingdom of darkness and sin is strong in us; but when God’s grace attracts to itself the part of the spirit held captive by sin, freeing it from captivity, then there occurs a division within: sin on the one side, good on the other. As soon as a person unites his consciousness and freedom with good as a result of this awakening, sin loses all support and starts to decay. Constancy in the good intention taken on and patience in labours completely thwart sin and destroy it. Then begins the kingdom of good within, and it remains until some evil thought steals in, and, attracting the will to itself, once again brings about divisions. Just give entrance to the sinful stirring which has arisen, unite with it and set it in action, and again good will begin to weaken, and evil will grow, until it destroys the good entirely. This is the nearly continuous history of the inner life of those who are weak-hearted and do not have a strong disposition.
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