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January 23
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33rd Week after Pentecost.
Tone 7.
Fast Day. |
 Fish, wine and oil allowed.
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Afterfeast of the Theophany. St. Gregory of Nyssa (после 394). St. Dometian, bishop of Melitene (601). St. Marcian, priest, of Constantinople (5th c.). 
St. Paul, founder of Obnora Monastery (Vologda) (1429). St. Antipas of Calapodeshti (Romania) and Valaam Monastery (1882). 
St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov (1894).
Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess, sister of Sts. Macrina, Basil the Great, Peter of Sebaste, and Gregory of Nyssa (385). St. Macarius, founder of Pisma Monastery (Kostroma) (14th c.). Monk-martyr Ephraim, elder of Obnora, and six monks of Obnora whose relics are incorrupt (1538).
New Hieromartyrs Peter Uspensky, archpriest of Radushino (Zaraisk) (1930), and Anatole (Grisyuk), metropolitan of Odessa and Cherson (1938). New Martyr Arsenia (Dobronravova), abbess of the Holy Resurrection–St. Theodore Convent (Shuisk) (1939).
St. Ammon, monk, of Nitria (5th c.).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Friday. [I Pet. 1:1–2, 10–12; 2:6–10; Mark 12:1–12]
On the day of Theophany it is shown in action that the Divine economy of our salvation is accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ according to the goodwill of the Father, in the communion of the Holy Spirit. But now, through the word of the Apostle, it is suggested to us that the salvation of each person according to that Divine economy of God happens in no other way than through the operation of the Most Holy Trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ (I Pet. 1:2). God the Father, having foreseen the man who would believe, meets him with His goodwill, and calls him to salvation through the grace of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, having called him to faith and strengthened him in it, sprinkles the believer with the blood of the Lord and Saviour in the Sacrament of Baptism. Through this, the Holy Spirit, receiving entrance into him, Himself abides in him and helps him in every way possible to provide for his salvation. Let us praise, hymn, and magnify the Most Holy Trinity, the good Maker of our salvation. Giving all diligence, let us hurry to adorn ourselves with every virtue, in the image of Him Who created and recreated us; that we not be shown to be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord, and bar ourselves from entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord (II Pet. 1:5, 8, 11) to which we are called.
Articles
 St. Gregory the Bishop of NyssaSaint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, was a younger brother of Saint Basil the Great. His birth and upbringing came at a time when the Arian disputes were at their height. |
 St. Dometian the Bishop of MeliteneSaint Dometian, Bishop of Melitene, was born and lived during the sixth century, in the time of the emperor Justin the Younger. |
 St. Marcian the Presbyter in ConstantinopleSaint Marcian, Presbyter of the Great Church, was born at Rome and in his youth he received a first-rate education in Constantinople. |
 Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, VologdaSaint Paul of Obnora, a famed disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, was born at Moscow in the year 1317. |
 Venerable Antipas of Valaam MonasterySaint Antipas was born in Moldavia, Romania in 1816. |
 Venerable Macarius the Abbot of PismaSaint Macarius of Pisma and Kostroma was a fellow ascetic of Saint Paul of Obnora. |